Amazing Answer

The other day I posted about our Chinese students. We have email for two of them. Amazingly......we got a reply back from one of them this morning. I am in awe. Here is a copy of what she sent. The first part of her reply looks like a press release about the earthquake. The next part is her reply. Her written English isn't the greatest, but you definitely hear her story:

The Brandts,

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous western China on Monday.The quake struck 60 miles northwest of the Sichhuan provincial capital of Chengdu at 2:28 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. The area has a population of about 110,000 residents, according to Xinhua. According to the joint UN-European Commission's Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, or GDAC, the quake struck in a sparsely populated area, but only about 50 miles from Chengdu. The city and surrounding areas are home to about 10 million people.
An earthquake of this magnitude can cause damage as far away as 60 miles from the epicenter, it said.
GDAC said a quake this strong could have a "high humanitarian impact" and spark deadly landslides.
In the Chinese capital Beijing, about 930 miles away, buildings swayed for more than two minutes but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

I'm okay.But we're all in danger now. We can't stay at home for long.

As you know,there is more than 3500 aftershocks.

On May 12th,when i was having the first class in the afternoon I feel the classroom building shocking hard.In fact,our class was having the P.E. class,but unluckily,i was doing my homework with my best friend in classroom.There were only 3 students in the classroom.My classroom is on the 3rd floor,so I felt it shocking violently.The other classmates of mine was playing tennis,basketball and football on the play ground.

I felt so scaried that i didn't know what to do at that time.And just a few seconds,we realized a big earthquake was happening,so we ran to the

wall angleto hide.It lasted for about 5 minutes.we could see the TV,cupboards,chandeliers,school desks and electric fans were rocking wildly.And many students were running to the play ground.so did we.

School reopens the day after tomorrow.

Thanks for your concern.i am safe now.

Albee.