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Eleven Most Expensive Catastrophes
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Posted on 08/31/2009 5:59:13 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
Eleven most Expensive Catastrophes
11. Titanic: $150 million
10. Tanker Truck vs. Bridge: $358 million
9. MetroLink Crash $500 million
8. B-2 Bomber Crash: $1.4 billion
7. Exxon Valdez: $2.5 billion
6. Piper Alpha Oil Rig: $3.4 billion
5. Challenger Explosion: $5.5 billion
4. Prestige Oil Spill: $12 billion
3. Space Shuttle Columbia: $13 billion
2. Chernobyl: $200 billion
1. (Ready for this...)
Election of Barack Obama: $800 billion--in the first two months!
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To: Jess Kitting
The only difference: no one has died... yet.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:00:58 AM PDT
by
rarestia
("One man with a gun can control 100 without one." - Lenin / MOLWN LABE!)
To: Jess Kitting
The loss of freedom and liberty - no price tag is possible.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:01:50 AM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is an EVIL like no other, and must be ERADICATED. Barack OBORTION is a close second.)
To: Jess Kitting
The Destruction of our country is beyond measure.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:05:13 AM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: Jess Kitting
I guess 9-11 just didn’t make the cut ???
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:06:39 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Jess Kitting
This all sounds good, but why didn’t 9/11/01 make the cut?
For that matter, Pearl Harbor was probably the most expensive single day ever in terms of losses.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:09:57 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: Jess Kitting
“Election of Barack Obama: $800 billion—in the first two months!”
What a hoot.
Try 11 trillion $$$ and climbing !!!
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:10:45 AM PDT
by
DontTreadOnMe2009
(So stop treading on me already!)
To: wagglebee
Don't know.
It was one of those chain e-mails, with PowerPoint slides and everything.
Probably not thoroughly researched.
To: rarestia
No, we just don't know about.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:12:48 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Nemo me impune lacessit The law will be followed, dammit!)
To: Jess Kitting
#1 should be democrats.
The number would be at least $100 trillion: need to include the failed ponzi schemes of medicare, social security, welfare
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:16:01 AM PDT
by
C210N
(A patriot for a Conservative Renaissance!)
To: rarestia
The only difference: no one has died... yet. Just Lady Liberty...
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:23:25 AM PDT
by
SpeedRacer
(Where's your records, B-HO? What are you hiding?)
To: wagglebee
This all sounds good, but why didn’t 9/11/01 make the cut? Obviously you didn't get the memo. 9/11 is no longer a tragedy, but a day of community service! /sarc
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:25:19 AM PDT
by
SpeedRacer
(Where's your records, B-HO? What are you hiding?)
To: Izzy Dunne
I guess 9-11 just didn’t make the cut ??? I went up and down the list several times looking for 9/11. Not sure what their criteria was, but I think it should be number 2.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:27:44 AM PDT
by
Will88
To: SpeedRacer
Got it, the Islamofascists want to kill us because we don’t do enough community organizing.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:27:44 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: Jess Kitting
To: Jess Kitting
Americans standing mute while their Liberties evaporate before their very eyes: Priceless.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:32:16 AM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(No, I am Jim Thompson!!)
To: WoofDog123
indexed for inflation? Who knows?
The Titanic COST $7.5 million to build in 1912, modern cruise ships of similar size cost in the $400-500 million range.
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posted on
08/31/2009 6:44:12 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: Jess Kitting
The massive air, land and sea search for JFK Jr when the inexperienced pilot’s plane went down going into Martha’s Vineyard. Lasted forever. Working stiffs get a once over and a fly by.
To: Jess Kitting
Hurricane Katrina didn’t make the list(???)
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posted on
08/31/2009 7:32:45 AM PDT
by
The Duke
("Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Democrat Party?")
To: The Duke
I assume they are talking about man-made disasters as opposed to natural ones.
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posted on
08/31/2009 7:54:44 AM PDT
by
mc5cents
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