Satellite Phone Provides Communication with Earthquake Region in China
In the early morning of May 13, contact between the earthquake stricken region of Wenchuan County and the outside world finally resumed through satellite phone, reported the Aba district government Web site.
According to Wenchuan County Party Chief Wang Bin, the majority of houses have collapsed in the Weizhou, Miansi area, and contact has not resumed in areas such as Yingxiu, Xuankou, Wuolong etc.
Currently all road transportation to Wenchuan are broken down. The region urgently needs tents, food, medicine, satellite communication equipment and medical staff, but supplies can only be delivered by air.
Areas around Wenchuan are also suffering from communication and road transportation break down; no recovery can be seen in the near future.
Tags: china, county, wenchuan
May 13th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Thanks but no thanks. I’d rather take my chances with a shack in the woods.
May 13th, 2008 at 7:27 am
No, it doesn’t need to be able to allow aircraft in and out. That’s stupidity umm Americanism talking. The only big problem with it is that rainfall wouldn’t clean the city naturally. Of course, that also means less polluted rainwater.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:18 am
There can be gaps in the dome near the bottom. Plus it would need to be able to allow aircraft in and out. All solvable engineering issues.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:08 am
A city sized tin foil hat.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:59 am
It would also get rid of all the birds. It kind of reminds me of the Simpsons Movie.