Earthquake Update

Many people have asked how we are doing after the earthquake... All is well in Shanghai. The quake was centered around a city called Chengdu. Many of you might remember this city from Steph's post about her trip to the panda reserve... This is where she flew in and out of, about 2 hours flight from Shanghai.

We have had friends that felt some swaying buildings (those that are in high rises closer to the center of Shanghai) but have not heard about any damage or issues here.

The devastation reports have been sobering. Over 50,000 dead, 4,000 children orphaned.

One thing we feel lucky for is that there is an Intel facility in Chengu, and at last report there were no serious injuries to any of our employees or their immediate families.

Lastly, one of the local television stations did a benefit drive to raise aid money. One Chinese company in the south of the country donated 10,000,000 RMB - over $1M USD. In total the event raised over 10,000,000,000 (that's 10 Billion) RMB - well over $1B USD.

This is in addition to all of the other donation efforts that are going on at companies and schools - both local and expat.

It seems as though the Chinese government is responding as best they can given the situation, although with the state of the media in China, you never know.

Anyhow - just wanted you all to know, if you had not already heard, that we are doing just fine... praying for the people of the area and their families.