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The Worst Natural Disaster Ever?
The Disaster Center ^ | 12/29/04 | Me

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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1 posted on 12/29/2004 1:48:51 PM PST by paudio
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I have no doubt the enviromentalists will exploit this situation.


2 posted on 12/29/2004 1:49:49 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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Is Communism considered a "natural disaster"?


3 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.)
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Worst. Natural Disaster. Ever.

4 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.)
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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.


5 posted on 12/29/2004 1:50:40 PM PST by Williams
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No. That's unnatural.


6 posted on 12/29/2004 1:51:04 PM PST by glock rocks (Play an accordion, go to jail. It's the law.)
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not sure the #2 on the list is a natural disaster, I always understood that the Ukraine 'famine' was on the orders of Stalin.


7 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.)
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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.


8 posted on 12/29/2004 1:51:24 PM PST by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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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.

9 posted on 12/29/2004 1:51:36 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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The Spanish Flu epidemic of the early 20th century makes everything else look like a ride in the park I should think.


10 posted on 12/29/2004 1:52:34 PM PST by thegreatbeast (Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
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Yes, it is; I've been shocked at some of the things "said" about this dreadful event.


11 posted on 12/29/2004 1:54:21 PM PST by Howlin
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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.


12 posted on 12/29/2004 1:55:23 PM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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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!

13 posted on 12/29/2004 1:55:30 PM PST by proud_2_B_texasgal
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The flood in China 1897 killed an estimated 900,000.


14 posted on 12/29/2004 1:55:41 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Pray for the millions of lives disrupted by tsunami.)
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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....

15 posted on 12/29/2004 1:56:29 PM PST by konaice
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I had read that it was over a million.


16 posted on 12/29/2004 1:57:33 PM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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"Worst. Natural disaster.Ever."

Doesn't count. Kerry was only the worst natural disaster ever, wannabe.


17 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.)
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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.


18 posted on 12/29/2004 1:57:47 PM PST by SolutionsOnly (but some people really NEED to be offended...)
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Worst disaster of all time?

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Can someone give me a "YYYYYYYEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW"?
19 posted on 12/29/2004 1:58:03 PM PST by Jon Alvarez
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Moral of the story........stay out of India, China, Russia, Africa, and Bangladesh. You'll be fine.


20 posted on 12/29/2004 1:58:48 PM PST by RightOnline
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