[rmlew]

the Black Death, the greatest disaster ever to hit the human race
Not even close. It is only the worst in recorded human history. The worst was the aftermath of the explosion of the Toba Caldera, which led to the near extinction of man 75,000 years ago. Between 50% and 90% of people died off.

[Hardastarboard]

I was of course joking about 0bama by calling him the Black Death (of Freedom). I was quoting the author of the article, and was a bit surprised to hear that the Black Death was the greatest disaster to ever hit humanity, but I had never heard of the Toba Caldera. I’ll have to look that up. Thanks for the information.