At one sporting goods store in Mianyang, dozens of people clamored for tents, pushing and shouting outside the small storefront and waving fistfuls of cash.

• 在绵阳的一家体育用品商店里，许多人大声要求要买帐篷，他们在小小的柜台前拥挤着叫嚷，手里挥着一把把钞票。