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Lorna · Post by **Lorna** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:47 pm

To me it seemed a little far-fetched & melodramatic, but I figure it's worth posting. Thoughts?

Think about it -

9/11

The War in Iraq

The tsunami in Asia

The London Bombings

Hurricane Katrina

Now bear in mind that this has all taken place within the last 4 years. When else in history have there been so many disasters causing so many deaths in such a short time?

Mankind is officially an endagered species, sooner rather than later.

Loretta Ann · Post by **Loretta Ann** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:00 pm

When else in history have there been so many disasters causing so many deaths in such a short time?

World War 2 = one disaster (with many inclusive disasters) that caused how many deaths? In how many years?

Lorna · Post by **Lorna** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:48 pm

Darlene wrote:
When else in history have there been so many disasters causing so many deaths in such a short time?
World War 2 = one disaster (with many inclusive disasters) that caused how many deaths? In how many years?

From what I recall - yes! That is true! I only wish I had more time to crunch the numbers to do a comparison...

Steffie · Post by **Steffie** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:52 pm

Hi Lorna,

Maybe the 1960's with all the assassinations, the riots during the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War? They happened in a short time too, I believe. However, I was too young to fully comprehend these events back then.

Steffie

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:40 am

Mankind is officially an endagered species, sooner rather than later.

And, yet another place where Pogo's quote is appropriate... "We have met the enemy and he is us."

I do believe mankind will be destroyed by mankind but, probably not in my lifetime.

Kathy

CJ · Post by CJ » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:30 am

The following numbers must give us pause... before we continue as usual.

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/atrox.htm

CJ

Aeryn · Post by **Aeryn** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:29 pm

Interesting numbers, CJ.

Absaroka · Post by **Absaroka** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:40 am

In the scheme of things globaly only the tsuanmi is even worth mentioning. With all the people dying of disease, war, and starvation constantly and just about always, the other things are small potatoes. Think of Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur.........................Think of the flu in 1919 which in a few months killed more people than all of WWI or the plague that killed half of Europe in the 1300's

People have refered to Katrina as "our tsunami" and even 9-11 as
"our Hiroshima" What totally uninformed comments The death toll in Hiroshima was about 20 times that of 9-11 in the first minute and kept climbing for years due to the after effects of radiation. The tsunami killed over 250,000, at least 25 times more than the current worst case projections for Katrina. Car bombs seem to kill as many people as the London bombing almost daily in Iraq.

The only thing remarkable about 9-11, London, and Katrina is that they happened to wealthy white countries, and even then we see that probably the majority of Katrina's dead were poor and often not white.

No disrespect at all to the dead. They are still dead no matter who they are.

Andrea

Post by **DonnaT** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:11 am

An interesting site with respect to weather:

http://www.mapreport.com/subtopics/d/h.html

Eva · Post by **Eva** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:04 pm

there was flood

then there was this meteor

oh yes,all that ice too

maybe we are too short-sighted

e

Absaroka · Post by **Absaroka** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:01 pm

well said Eva. Actually there have been a bunch of meteors.............

Andrea

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