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Fan Life => The Endzone Dive => Topic started by: Kat Kid on May 15, 2007, 03:29:51 PM
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Yes Keitzman, it is shocking that people would care more about tradgedies that killed anywhere from 20 to two THOUSAND times as many people as the tornado in Greensburg. How self-centered and thoughtless of the "Hollywood types" to not take note of 10 dead and a town of 1,800 wiped off the map. If everyone had died in the town then the devastation could possibly begin to approach Katrina (although financially not even close).
I am all for the idea that every life counts, but his point is stupid. Yes, the larger the size of the tragedy the more people care. It has nothing to do with it being on the "east coast."
2004 Tsunami
U.S. Geological Survey initially recorded the toll as 283,100 killed, 14,100 missing, and 1,126,900 people displaced. Early news reports after the earthquake spoke of a toll in the hundreds, but the numbers rose steadily over the following week. However, more recent figures indicate that the actual casualties were 186,983 dead and 42,883 missing, for a total of 229,866, as more and more displaced survivors have been found and name duplications eliminated from the lists of victims. Measured in lives lost, this is one of the ten worst earthquakes in recorded history, as well as the single worst tsunami in history.
2005 Hurricane Katrina
At least 1,836 people lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina and in the subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion (2005 U.S. dollars) in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history
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It's May and the Royals suck.
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I moved this because this kinda crap doesn't belong in the sports forums.
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I moved this because this kinda crap doesn't belong in the sports forums.
sorry.
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I think the point that if this was L.A. that it would be front page for months was somewhat valid.
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I think the point that if this was L.A. that it would be front page for months was somewhat valid.
I agree.
There are 12 million people in LA! That is 6 times as many people in one city as the whole of Kansas.
Which is a bigger deal? 60,000 people dying or 600?
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did you hear the caller that said part of the reason it isn't nationally a big deal anymore is because it didn't have any impact on a major/pro sports team, like katrina did the saints and so on? found it funny that when i get home and turn on sportscenter they have about a 5 min blurb about the greensburg track teams and everyone (GTM and a anonymous donor) helping them out with unis, shoes, etc.
simple:
10 deaths < 1,860+ deaths
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kietz before iraq war, "You know, if my president says they have WMD...why shouldn't I believe him?"
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What surprises me the most is how easily everybody forgot about that tsunami. "&@#% it, we have day after Christmas sales to go to."
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186,983 dead
:eek: :eek: :eek:
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I think the point that if this was L.A. that it would be front page for months was somewhat valid.
I agree.
There are 12 million people in LA! That is 6 times as many people in one city as the whole of Kansas.
Which is a bigger deal? 60,000 people dying or 600?
No he said that if a tornado went through LA and left 1600 people homeless and 10 dead, it would be national news.
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I think the point that if this was L.A. that it would be front page for months was somewhat valid.
I agree.
There are 12 million people in LA! That is 6 times as many people in one city as the whole of Kansas.
Which is a bigger deal? 60,000 people dying or 600?
No he said that if a tornado went through LA and left 1600 people homeless and 10 dead, it would be national news.
Not likely. There are probably over 1600 homeless people in L.A. and 10 people also probably die for tragic reasons in L.A. everyday.
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It was national news for a week!
It was terribly tragic, but life must go on for the rest of the nation.