今天下午中國四川地震的消息很快在網際網路上傳到了美國。雖然現在正值美國的深夜，但是該話題立刻引起了美國網民的熱烈討論。我承認，我第一眼看到他們的討論時眼睛有些濕潤了。美國網友並沒有因為中國的遙遠而漠不關心，相反很多網友在積極尋找中國地理人口的資料，以判斷地震的損失和甄別各種網路的傳言，而更多的人在為災區人民祈禱。沒有人幸災樂禍，也沒有人冷嘲熱諷。由於回帖眾多，我只能節選部分回帖，和大家分享一下來自大洋彼岸的祝福。
2 major natural disasters in a short time. Scary. Prayers to all.
短時間內發生了2次大型自然災害。真恐怖。向所有人祈禱。7.8 is quite high. However, I don't know the region in China that it hit that well. But if there was shaking all way from Beijing to Hanoi... it's gotta be a big one. Hope it struck somewhere where there's not a lot of people . . . then again it is China.
7.8級是非常高的。不過我不瞭解中國受災的地區。但既然從北京到河內都有震感......這一定是非常大的。希望它發生在人口稀薄的地區......不過，考慮到那裡是中國...... Like the cyclone disaster, reports of injuries and deaths will be slow in coming out.
和颶風一樣，有關傷員和死亡的報導將很久才能出來。 After taking a look at Chengdu, China, it does appear the epicenter was located near a mountain range in central China, not too close to any major population centers. We can hope for the best.
大概看了一眼中國的成都，看起來震中在中國中部的山區附近，據人口集中的地區較遠。我們可以期望最好的結果。
This page seems to be useful determining how close the epicenter was to population centers. It's from the USGS.
http: //earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/events/us/2008ryan/index.htmlAnd finally, my last bit of looking at the USGS site indicates around 21,000 people in the ‘extreme exposure zone'.
http: //earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/events/us/2008ryan/index.html#shakemap 這個網址似乎可以看出震中和人口中心距離多遠。它來自USGS。經我大概看了一下，大約21，000人處於"極端危險地區" That particular region of China -- Sichuan Province -- hit by this quake is by far the most populated of all provinces in that nation. This is an older population map of China, but you can see that the density of people in Chengdu is greater than anyplace else:
CHINA POPULATION AND DENSITY MAP
The buildings there are typically very old or of suspect construction if they're modern. It's not a particularly modernized province. The effects of this quake could be dreadful.
地震發生的四川是中國特殊的地區，目前它是這個國家人口最多的省份。這是一張舊的中國人口圖，但你能看到成都的人口密度比任何地方都高。那裡的建築要麼很老舊，新修的質量又靠不住。那裡並不是特別現代化的省份。地震的結果可能相當恐怖。 Thanks for the info. Check out the link on post 18 where they say the pop. is very thin and so far there are no reports of widespread injuries or damage.
感謝樓上的信息。根據18樓的鏈接，他們說那裡的人口很稀薄，而且目前沒有廣泛的傷亡和損失報導。
Thanks. Place-Saver for later...
I'm off for the night. Prayers and God speed to those effected.
多謝。很快就有地區救援......我今晚要停下所有的事情。祈禱上帝立刻去幫那些受災的人。 Oh my. 100+ Million people in that province; if my sleep deprived eyes aren't lying to me. I appreciate the research into the area. I hope to find out more when I wake up. Thanks.
哦，我的......1億人口在那個省份；如果我睡眼惺忪的眼睛沒有騙我......感謝大家對那個地區的研究，我希望醒來後能看到更多的信息。多謝大家了。 Looking at the coordinates on Google Earth significant populations are less than 4 miles away.There's going to be massive damage.
But for the Grace of God go I.
在google地圖山看到4英里之外就有大量的人口。將會出現大量的損失。我要祈禱上帝的仁慈。 My first thought was of the extremely rapid construction cities like Chengdu have seen in the last decade, and how they may not be up to "code". Let us hope that doesn't play out that way...
我的第一個想法是過去的10年內，類似成都的城市在城建方面極限的擴張，且它們的質量如此達不到"標準"。讓我們希望最後不要出現這樣的結果...... The only bright side I can see is that currently the whole country is mobilized for the Olympics. Perhaps it will be easier to route aid to the needy areas? One can hope.
我想到的一個樂觀的方面是目前整個國家都被AO運動員了起來。是否援助可以因此更便捷的到達需要的地方？我們可以期待。 CNBC now reporting "deaths and injuries and a school collapsed"....
Earlier ‘nothing to see here' reports seem to have been somewhat optimistic.....
CNBC現在正報導"死亡和傷員以及學校坍塌"......較早的"這裡沒發生什麼"的報導看起來太樂觀了......
目前的討論仍在進行中，網址是http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014670/posts
以下內容是今日美國龍捲風後，網易網民的部分評論。
網易北京海淀網友 ip：123.112.*.*：
2008-05-12 13:18:56 發表
活該
網易浙江嘉興網友 ip：220.185.*.*：
2008-05-12 13:15:27 發表
哎~~蒼天為什麼不把比緬甸更大的災難降臨到美國呢
這種虛偽自以為是的國家應該受到詛咒
請支持~~~~
網易安徽合肥網友 ip：60.166.*.*：
2008-05-12 13:11:27 發表
呵呵，報應啊
網易四川成都網友(222.212.*.*) 的原貼：（希望他能看到這個帖子）
美國怎麼只死22個呀，為什麼不是22萬呀
網易廣西南寧網友 ip：220.173.*.*：
2008-05-12 08:49:15 發表
網易重慶網友(219.153.*.*) 的原貼：
我覺得龍捲風還是有點人性的，你們覺得呢？
媽的！死20萬才對！
