Worst Quake in Forty Years

76,700!

Unbelievable! God must be pissed about something.

it's up to 114,000 now. it's pretty terrifying how something like this can practically spring up out of no where.

The worst part is a lot of the casualties could have been avoided if they had a proper warning system in place.

Lives weren't the only thing lost.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1535&ncid=2337&e=41&u=/afp/20041230/wl_sthasia_afp/asiaquakemaldives_041230103137

Now this is just plain SICK! What is wrong w/ people...


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050107/ap_on_re_as/tsunami_rape

The last line is the worst part.

"She said gossip already was swirling around the village, where rape brings stigma and shame to the victim rather than the rapist."

That really pisses me off.

What the hell is wrong with people? Seriously! I cant even begin to fathom why a person would do that. Its one of those things where if you actually saw the person, you might kill them.

This whole thing is absolutley horrible. Is this the worst natural disater (death wise) in history?

A flood in 1931 killed 3.7 million in China. This disaster ranks #10 as it stands right now.

http://www.geocities.com/dtmcbride/hist/disasters-war.html#natural

A flood in 1931 killed 3.7 million in China. This disaster ranks #10 as it stands right now.

http://www.geocities.com/dtmcbride/hist/disasters-war.html#natural

I never realized how unfortunate of a history Asia has in relation to natural disasters.