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Subject: Re: Instructions for the Morphology Online Seminar

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Katrine Mayara

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Date Posted: 15:55:55 10/01/09 Thu
In reply to: Ricardo 's message, "Instructions for the Morphology Online Seminar" on 08:10:11 09/28/09 Mon

PADANG, Indonesia — There were no tractors available to move the mounds of rubble that used to be their office building in this modest port city felled by Wednesday’s mighty earthquake, so workers started digging feverishly with their bare hands.
“I ran outside as fast I could,” said Mr. Yudi, who uses only one name like many Indonesians. “Everyone was panicking, trying to save themselves. But some of us didn’t make it out.”
Throughout a chaotic Thursday in Padang, rescue workers, soldiers and frantic residents searched together into the night with precious little earth-moving equipment or electricity, combing crushed offices, hotels, hospitals and schools for survivors.
“I ran outside as fast I could,” said Mr. Yudi, who uses only one name like many Indonesians. “Everyone was panicking, trying to save themselves. But some of us didn’t make it out.”
Throughout a chaotic Thursday in Padang, rescue workers, soldiers and frantic residents searched together into the night with precious little earth-moving equipment or electricity, combing crushed offices, hotels, hospitals and schools for survivors.
The death toll rose to 1,100 people on Thursday, with many hundreds more injured, according to John Holmes, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator, speaking at a news conference at the United Nations.
“I fear these numbers will rise as more information becomes available,” Mr. Holmes said.
On Thursday morning, just as the city’s airport was reopening and rescue teams were setting to work, Padang was rattled by another quake, this one registering 6.6. This second quake, which hit about 150 miles south of Padang, also damaged hundreds of buildings in the nearby town of Jambi, officials said. There were no reports of casualties so far from the second temblor, Mr. Holmes said.
More than a day removed from the original quake, residents here became increasingly desperate for information about their missing family members, crowding lists hospitals posted of the dead and injured.
At what remained of the city’s largest hospital, Dr. M. Djamil, a dozen bodies in yellow bags lay on the side of a parking lot. Next to it, the list was printed on sheets of white paper posted on a board that people read by holding lighters and matches against it.
Arif Safrizal, 43, who was searching for the names of his wife’s younger sister and brother, read down the list using three full matches. Both missing siblings were studying to become teachers, one majoring in English...

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Re: Instructions for the Morphology Online Seminar	Michel Souza	17:03:40 10/01/09 Thu

Re: Instructions for the Morphology Online Seminar	Michel	17:09:11 10/02/09 Fri