Earthquake

In early May of 2008 there was an earthquake that measured as an 8 on the richter scale and killed close to 70,000 people. Many chinese people believe that much could have been done to help prevent all the death and destruction that the quake caused, but chinese seimologist say that they still don't know how to predict natural disasters such as earthquakes. People that spread rumors over the internet have been arrested for saying that the government knows how to predict earthquakes and did know of this one. In the area that was effected, resiedents say there were warnings in the days befor the quake, such as the draining of ponds, frogs invading towns, and cows falling against their enclosures. This was one of the most devastating natural disasters of 2008, which was supposed to be a lucky year, and made many people in China wonder if their government really does know these things or if the simply do not care