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To: Carolina
Channel 11 just used the "casualty" word. They are saying CNN is reporting deaths.

Propane tanks located near/in area of blast.

112 posted on 01/29/2003 12:23:24 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Howlin
I saw a house--actually, just the slab on which a house once stood on surrounded by hundreds of thousands of matchstick-sized pieces of wood after a large propane tank blew. The blast killed the three people inside and blew the nearby houses off their slabs & basements.
132 posted on 01/29/2003 12:26:34 PM PST by Catspaw
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To: Howlin
Channel 11 just used the "casualty" word. They are saying CNN is reporting deaths.

It's not an exaggeration to say that literally 90% of the media is dumb enough to think casualty = dead.

Unfortunately, I don't think the media, fire departments, police departments, rescue services, etc. are completely aware of how badly the media doesn't understand the word casualty.

146 posted on 01/29/2003 12:29:23 PM PST by John H K
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