#China #earthquake
Okay folks--just saw a Le Monde report on it saying 90 dead; did a search and The Deccan said the updated figure is 95. But here's NHK saying it's 111.
Something that makes me go HMMMM.
@ClaraListensprechen4
Doesn't it always take time to sort things out in the chaos following an earthquake? It may be days before authorities know who just wasn't home & who's under the rubble.
@Nazani
Excellent point, Nazani...which is why the choice, usually, is to believe the count published by the big news entity closest to the area, which would be NHK--Le Monde, not so much.
But you're so right--it's best to wait til the dust settles and a headcount actually done before jumping to conclusions...but that raises the question of how believable China Official count is.
@ClaraListensprechen4
I wouldn't take anything China puts out at face value. Some years ago a school collapsed during an earthquake due to shoddy construction. The state doesn't like stories like that.