Monday, May 19, 2008

Harbingers of Disaster

This is a photo taken May 10 in Taizhou, Jiangsu.

2 days before the devastating Shichuan earthquake killed upwards of 35 thousand people, injured 245 thousand, and left tens of thousands more missing, swarms of toads were spotted migrating through different communities in Sichuan province and beyond.

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The same strange phenomenon was obvserved closer to the epicenter of the quake in Mianzhu, Sichuan on May 9.

NY Times has an interesting article discussing the antagonizing relationship between the Chinese governement and the toads, and other natural omens.





And follow this link to another weird PT Andersonesque happening. These rainbow clouds were spotted 30 and 10 minutes before the quake hit, though they have been debunked as unrelated.

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