Death Toll in Philippines Earthquake Rises to 144
144 Dead.
191 Injured
There is still no word if any of these people are people that we have interacted with as members of the eBay Community. Even if all of the eBay people are safe, theirs and the lives of so many more people have been adversely affected. Their places of work, their homes; damaged or destroyed, their families, their freinds and their work colleagues.
“A magnitude 7 earthquake has an energy equivalent to around 32 Hiroshima atomic bombs,” Mr. Solidum said. “This one had a magnitude of 7.2.”
Local television showed obliterated buildings, cracked roads, downed bridges and chaotic evacuations on Bohol. The quake also damaged major buildings in Cebu City, a heavily populated commercial center on a nearby island. Among those hit were a sprawling shopping mall, a prominent hospital and a busy public market.
Those who died included a 4-year-old girl
Some people can go their whole lives and never really live for a single minute.
