Every radio station in Taipei, for example, rushed reporters to the quake-stricken areas to interview local citizens, and they monopolized the few communication channels that remained in operation. By the afternoon of the first day, worried relatives and friends swarmed to Nantou and Taichung counties, where they combined with poorly deployed rescue vehicles to paralyze the few roads that remained intact.
災變的第一天，台北所有廣播電台均忙著請災區內聽眾及觀眾告訴大家災情，讓災區少數能通話的通訊管道完全被佔用；到了下午，南投及台中縣外的親朋好友忙著驅車湧入災區，加上救災車輛未經有效地安排規劃，將災區少數對外的道路塞住，災區內的救護車甚至很難將傷患送出。