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The Worst Natural Disaster Ever?
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Posted on 12/29/2004 1:48:49 PM PST by paudio
As sad as it is, the SE Asia earthquake is not the worst natural disaster ever. In 1991, Bangladesh suffered from Typhoon that killed about 140,000 people. Before that, in 1970, the country also lost 300,000 people from natural disaster.
The SE Asia disaster, however, seems to be a significant one because there are many Westerners, including 'celebrities', died in this unfortunate event.
Please look at the website that list of the worst 100 natural disaster in the 20th century. They also include famine and epidemic, though.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:48:51 PM PST
by
paudio
To: paudio
I have no doubt the enviromentalists will exploit this situation.
To: paudio
Is Communism considered a "natural disaster"?
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:49:54 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: paudio
Worst. Natural Disaster. Ever.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:50:06 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: paudio
I recalled those disasters as well, and kept telling my wife this wasn't the worst one. The media is so shallow and uninformed.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:50:40 PM PST
by
Williams
To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:51:04 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(Play an accordion, go to jail. It's the law.)
To: paudio
not sure the #2 on the list is a natural disaster, I always understood that the Ukraine 'famine' was on the orders of Stalin.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:51:22 PM PST
by
William of Orange
(I'm John Kerry and I approve this message. No I don't. Yes I do. No I don't. Yes I do. Maybe, not.)
To: paudio
I guess that the worst natural disaster ever is the one you and/or your loved ones are caught up...regardless of the relative size.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:51:24 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: paudio
The SE Asia disaster, however, seems to be a significant one because there are many Westerners, including 'celebrities', died in this unfortunate event. That is just an awful statement.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:51:36 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: paudio
The Spanish Flu epidemic of the early 20th century makes everything else look like a ride in the park I should think.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:52:34 PM PST
by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
To: Calpernia
Yes, it is; I've been shocked at some of the things "said" about this dreadful event.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:54:21 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: paudio
Well, the total loss of life here is still unknown, so it's hard to draw many conclusions on its ranking among disasters just yet.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:55:23 PM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: Jeff Head
I guess that the worst natural disaster ever is the one you and/or your loved ones are caught up...regardless of the relative size.My sentiments exactly!
To: paudio
The flood in China 1897 killed an estimated 900,000.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:55:41 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Pray for the millions of lives disrupted by tsunami.)
To: paudio
The SE Asia disaster, however, seems to be a significant one because there are many Westerners, including 'celebrities', died in this unfortunate event. Somehow that fact just does not weigh very heavily in my mind....
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:56:29 PM PST
by
konaice
To: Conspiracy Guy
I had read that it was over a million.
To: Izzy Dunne
"Worst. Natural disaster.Ever."
Doesn't count. Kerry was only the worst natural disaster ever, wannabe.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:57:45 PM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(I resolve for 2005, to live my life as I would be if I had kept all my previous resolutions.)
To: paudio
There's no way to know exactly how many perished in previous disasters - It's only in the past century that body counts and 'world records' became fashionable.
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posted on
12/29/2004 1:57:47 PM PST
by
SolutionsOnly
(but some people really NEED to be offended...)
To: paudio
Worst disaster of all time?
http://www.deanforamerica.com/
Can someone give me a "YYYYYYYEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW"?
To: paudio
Moral of the story........stay out of India, China, Russia, Africa, and Bangladesh. You'll be fine.
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