The number of deaths confirmed by CNN in all affected countries now stands at 80,427. - Page 2

Harp · #26 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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Originally Posted by dabbler

actually authorities knew of the quake, and the possible tsunami's and CHOSE NOT TO WARN ANYONE, just in case they were wrong.

fucked up i tell yah...so they let so man ppl die cuz they thought that if they were wrong it be the end of that...well for fuck sakes eh

Miss T · #27 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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Wow, I can't believe we're donating more than the US. I guess the UN wasn't just talking shit when they called the US contribution 'stingy'

so true. but i heard on cnn that the US is going to be donating more money. who knows if that will actually happen. it's sad that it's like a contest: who can can donate the most money? but who really cares as long as the people who survived the tragedy get what they need!!

mojo · #28 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

im sure as the death toll continues to rise, and more and more people are displaced and in trouble, more and more $ will come in.
this is just the tip of the iceburg. i hope.
cheap us bastards.

wum · #29 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

i saw the videos on the net. if only people didn't stand around mesmerized at the wall of water *wow!* :(

tahiti__treat · #30 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

yea its very sad that this happend.. i heard that there are now more than 30,000 orphans! thats terrible!...just curious how many ppl exactly died in 911?

wum · #31 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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Originally Posted by tahiti__treat

yea its very sad that this happend.. i heard that there are now more than 30,000 orphans! thats terrible!...just curious how many ppl exactly died in 911?

a little over 3000 i believe

Only_Glory · #32 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

about 8000 a day die from starvation

dabbler · #33 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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Originally Posted by wum

i saw the videos on the net. if only people didn't stand around mesmerized at the wall of water *wow!* :(

the wall was 30 feet high, and moving at 300 miles an hour, running wouldn't have made a difference.

Cdn_Brdr · #34 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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about 8000 a day die from starvation

Thanks for that... it's tragic too. Does that make this any less of a tragedy though?

Van Tek · #35 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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im sure as the death toll continues to rise, and more and more people are displaced and in trouble, more and more $ will come in.
this is just the tip of the iceburg. i hope.
cheap us bastards.

come on now, you have to be understanding of the US... they ARE plunging most of their money into a stupid meaningless war... they can't afford to be nice AND make war at the same time!

dapimpstress · #36 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

We are throwing a show down here, a party i spose, to benefit these victims. if you are interested in attending, hit me up a PM, it's going to happen in late Jan or FEB sometime. Great DJ's, GREAT cause. holla.

Only_Glory · #37 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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Thanks for that... it's tragic too. Does that make this any less of a tragedy though?

of course its a tragedy, i was just trying to prove a point though, that every other day is a tradegy as well yet no one cares

mojo · #38 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

116,000 people as of late

dapimpstress · #39 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

only 50,000 americans died in the vietnam war.. nothing like this has ever happened in our lifetimes, nor our parents.

wum · #40 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

dayam

mojo · #41 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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only 50,000 americans died in the vietnam war.. nothing like this has ever happened in our lifetimes, nor our parents.

what about the vietnamese deaths? 1.3 million. i doubt you would have learned about that though.

what about world war 2? 60 million

ps: my dads old

dapimpstress · #42 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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Originally Posted by mojo

what about the vietnamese deaths? 1.3 million. i doubt you would have learned about that though.

what about world war 2? 60 million

ps: my dads old

hey dude, i was using it as a relative example.. dont try and tell me what i dont know. i did a year long project on the vietnamese during that war. so i know about the 1.3 million my friend, i know.

mojo · #43 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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hey dude, i was using it as a relative example.. dont try and tell me what i dont know. i did a year long project on the vietnamese during that war. so i know about the 1.3 million my friend, i know.

yes, but you stated that nothing like this has ever happenend in our or our parents lifetimes. i was simply stating, after you used a war example, that is has.

thats all. dude.

wum · #44 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

I think the worst tragedy ever was the Bolshevik Revolution with 60 million killed.

dapimpstress · #45 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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Originally Posted by mojo

yes, but you stated that nothing like this has ever happenend in our or our parents lifetimes. i was simply stating, after you used a war example, that is has.

thats all. dude.

*stand corrected* i phrased my words wrong, sorry... i just meant, I have never been alive when something this huge has happened.

dapimpstress · #46 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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I think the worst tragedy ever was the Bolshevik Revolution with 60 million killed.

*ding ding ding* we have a winner.

dabbler · #47 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

ummm, not even 30 years ago there was an earthquake and tsunami event,
which killed far more people (at least in comparison to the numbers so far)

the 1976 Tangshan earthquake in China, a magnitude 8 event whose toll of lives varies between the official 255,000, and an estimated 655,000. This event truly began the modern era of intense seismic hazard monitoring in China and the West.

dabbler · #48 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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Originally Posted by wum

I think the worst tragedy ever was the Bolshevik Revolution with 60 million killed.

there is a big difference between man made tragedies (arguably avoidable)
and natural disasters (not avoidable)

here's a list i found of a few of the worst in recorded history

http://mnw.eas.slu.edu/hazards.html

wum · #49 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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Originally Posted by dabbler

there is a big difference between man made tragedies (arguably avoidable)
and natural disasters (not avoidable)

here's a list i found of a few of the worst in recorded history

http://mnw.eas.slu.edu/hazards.html

You're right. Replace 'tragedy' with 'massacre'.

dabbler · #50 (**permalink**) Dec 30, 04

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I think the worst tragedy ever was the Bolshevik Revolution with 60 million killed.

don't know where you've heard that, but all the records i can find say pretty much no one died in that revolution. i think the death toll was 1,500 or so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshevik_Revolution