Luhui is a small district of Loushui about 50km from Chengdu. It was hit hard by the earthquake, though many buildings remain standing very few are inhabited. Driving through the town see streets lined with shops shuttered closed with iron gates. Scatters amongst the shops that remain, are huge piles or rubble. It looks as though a wreaking crew came through the town and selectively demolished one or two buildings on each block

We drove through what was left of the town and parked next to a huge empty space filled with bricks. I learned later that it had been a five-story office building and 13 of the 20 people inside during the earthquake died, buried under rubble. Across from the bricks was the entrance to the park turned into a tent city.