A village in the Philippine island of Leyte was buried under as deep as 30 feet of mud, with scores confirmed dead and up to 1,500 people missing.
The mudslide came after the region was battered with heavy rain, earthquake, and flash flood.
The farming village of Guinsaugon on Leyte island, 420 miles southeast of Manila, was virtually wiped out, with only a few jumbles of corrugated steel sheeting left to show that the community of some 2,500 people ever existed.
"It sounded like the mountain exploded, and the whole thing crumbled," survivor Dario Libatan told Manila radio DZMM. "I could not see any house standing anymore."
Southern Leyte province Gov. Rosette Lerias said: "There are no signs of life, no rooftops, no nothing."
A very cool invention – can’t wait till it becomes a mainstream application:
These go far beyond the "poking" actions you get with a typical touchscreen, or the gross gesturing found in video-based interactive interfaces. It is a rich area for research, and we are extremely excited by its potential for advances in efficiency, usability, and intuitiveness. It’s also just so much fun!
Link – the video will probably load slowly, due to this webpage’s insane popularity on the Net now. (Thanks Nick Kochakian!)
In a twist of the toy-dispensing claw machine, the Love Maine Lobster Claw game has a water-filled tank full of lobsters. For $2, you get a chance to catch your very own lobster.
In Louisiana, Bill Bodin owns two of the machines, which he placed in seafood and Mexican restaurants in Lafayette. The machines do a brisk business, he said, especially when there are lines and people are looking for something to do — or for their kids to do — while waiting for a table.
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