Imagine This

by digby

Here’s a video of the earthquake. Watch the building across the street:

I have been through a bunch of earthquakes in my life, a couple of pretty big ones, including the Northridge quake. This is way beyond anything I’ve ever seen.

The pictures they’re showing on CNN are heartbreaking and terrible. They are walking the streets coming upon horror after horror, bodies lying in the streets by the hundreds, people still trapped in buildings, begging for help, their voices muffled and indistinct, people screaming in the streets, desperate, hungry and thirsty.

Among the horror are amazing stories of bravery, generosity and luck, as people are rescued in extremely dangerous situations by average citizens and rescue workers alike.

I don’t know how much more I can take, but I suppose that bearing witness is the only thing we can do besides sending money. If you can do that, here is one list of various agencies.

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