[Bon mots]

So far the count is nearly 50,000 dead.
India: 7400
Indonesia 21,000
Sri Lanka 18,000
Thailand 2000
Rest +/- 200

These counts are rising all the time.
The worst disaster of our time.

[Rodney King]

The worst disaster of our time.

I beleive in the last 20 years there have been worse events. Flooding in Bangledash, and a few earthquakes/mud slides.

[dfwgator]

Sad to say, but there have been worse, cyclones in Bangladesh have killed a half a million. India and Bangladesh regularly have these kinds of calamities, but you rarely hear about them. The difference is, in this case, many Western tourists were among the victims and that is the reason it is getting the kind of coverage it is. Sad to say it, but it's true.

[eyespysomething]

I think a lot of people are just overwhelmed by the sheer numbers. It's almost unbelievable, its biblical in its proportions.

50,000 would be almost 3x the size of the town I live in. And the toll is only going to keep going up and up.

Jennifer Griffin on FNC was coughing and choking in her segment this a.m. due to the stench of rotting bodies.

I'm speechless when I see the pics and video.

[Capt. Tom]

The worst disaster of our time.

Not yet. - Tom

North Peru, 1970: 7.8 earthquake (66,000 dead)
Bangladesh, 1970: Sea flood (200,000 dead)
Vietnam, 1971: Red River flood (100,000 dead)
Tangshan, China, 1976: 8.0 earthquake (255,000 dead