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Some of the world's deadliest natural disasters (of past 40 years)
Associated Press ^
| Jun 11, 2008
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Posted on 06/11/2008 12:24:16 PM PDT by decimon
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To give some perspective to...whatever.
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:24:17 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: blam; SunkenCiv
Nasty, brutish and short ping.
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:25:32 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Good list.
It would be a better list if you take it back through 1908.
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:26:15 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: decimon
The starvation and eaths of millions under “socialist” workers paradises doesn't count as natural...
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:31:00 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: decimon
Katrina was equivalent in destructiveness as the other hurricanes and cyclones on the list. Any guess as to why the death toll (albeit tragic) is orders of magnitudes less than the other disasters?
Hint: Western Civilization has something to do with it. Freedom has something to do with it.
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:32:04 PM PDT
by
bassmaner
(Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
It would be a better list if you take it back through 1908.I'm not sure we had any idea of how many people died in natural disasters in 1908.
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:32:37 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: 2banana
The starvation and eaths of millions under “socialist” workers paradises doesn't count as natural... Anything but natural. Unless, that is, you count human nature.
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:34:18 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
I was just thinking that 100 years was a nice round number but it would take a lot of research.
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:35:51 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: decimon
Missing from the list: The Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 100,000 (?) at the end of 2006.
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:44:51 PM PDT
by
kidd
To: decimon
Wouldn’t the sum total of all those disasters just amount to a good day for Communism?
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:46:28 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(How does it make you feel that the Good Old Boy network stole the nomination from a woman?)
To: decimon
I assume the inclusion of Hurricane Katrina is pure p.c., since it’s not even in the range of the others in terms of “deadly.”
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:54:34 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Heartless butcher of shrubbery.)
To: decimon
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:57:51 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: kidd
Missing from the list: The Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 100,000 (?) at the end of 2006.They have that as 2004 with 230,000 dead.
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posted on
06/11/2008 12:58:18 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: Old Professer
Global Climate Change...Especially the earthquakes. Too much heat and things just crack.
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posted on
06/11/2008 1:00:12 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
How in the world did Katrina make that list? I bet there are a lot of unlisted natural disasters in this time frame that had higher death tolls than Katrina. An average French heat wave kills more.
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posted on
06/11/2008 1:47:59 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
To: Tax-chick
Some group (in the UN?...UNESCO?) once did a survey of which countries had the most potential for natural disasters (floods, earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, blizzards...). Turned out that the U.S. was at the top of the list.
I think that the fact that things like Katrina caused so few deaths says volumes about the capabilities of this country and the resilience of its people compared to other countries.
To: SampleMan
An average French heat wave kills more.That's a good one. I don't know how many Europeans died in that one of a few years ago.
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posted on
06/11/2008 1:52:07 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: Sigurdrifta
I think that the fact that things like Katrina caused so few deaths says volumes about the capabilities of this country Absolutely. And major earthquakes here kill dozens, and so on. The prosperity and technological prowess of the U.S. keeps us from dying in droves like so many others.
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posted on
06/11/2008 1:55:31 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Heartless butcher of shrubbery.)
To: decimon
"That's a good one. I don't know how many Europeans died in that one of a few years ago." Upwards of 30,000, wasn't it?
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posted on
06/11/2008 2:03:26 PM PDT
by
blam
To: decimon
I knew that historically there had been a few events that were larger than any of these.
I thought the biggest was a killer quake in China in the 1600’s. Close, but not quite.
Most lethal quake of all time happened Jan 23, 1556 in Shensi, China.
More than 800,000 deaths and of course we will never know the true number.
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posted on
06/11/2008 2:03:59 PM PDT
by
djf
(Shine! Shine! The light of good works shine. the watch before the city gate, depicted in their prime)
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