report: Tsunami death toll over 200,000 in Indonesia

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-01-13 05:26pm

link

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2005-01-13 05:36pm

Fucking christ that's alot of missing/dead people.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2005-01-13 05:38pm

Have we seen anything like this in my lifetime? I don't think so. Jesus.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2005-01-13 05:40pm

You were probably alive for the '74 ( ? ) quake in China.

I await another source on this, although it's probably accurate. I hope not.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-01-13 05:42pm

This is truly frightening on awe levels.

There are really no real words to express the thoughts of trying to comprehend what has honestly happened.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2005-01-13 05:43pm

Howedar wrote:You were probably alive for the '74 ( ? ) quake in China.

I await another source on this, although it's probably accurate. I hope not.

I was 2 yo. And until this disaster I never even knew about the China earthquake.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-01-13 05:53pm

Jesus, then the total lost must be phenomenal.

Make no mistake, this is the biggest natural disaster in recent years, and I mean on area of destruction and not just bodycount. The China quake can't quite rival this tsunami in that respect.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-01-13 05:59pm

U.S. aircraft continued to fly relief missions, though helicopters from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln had to refuel elsewhere after the Lincoln moved out of Indonesian waters after the Indonesian government refused permission for U.S. training flights over its territory.

"Ok, ok, the Hornets will quit practicing bomb runs over your SAM sites ... sheesh, what a buncha tight-asses!"

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2005-01-14 04:15am

Unfortunately, the Tsunami is only a part of their problems:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144271,00.html

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-01-14 04:21am

In other news, 40000 people die of hunger in africa every day

Post by **Gandalf** » 2005-01-14 04:25am

Until just then, I'd never heard of this Chinese earthquake you guys have mentioned.

That number, it's unthinkable to me.

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2005-01-14 04:53am

wautd wrote:In other news, 40000 people die of hunger in africa every day

I quite agree that the reactions of the world to disasters is not proportional to the deathtolls involved. You could compare this to the reactions to airplane crashes and car crashes respectively: car crashes kill more people but it's the plane crashes command our attentions. Humans are just irrational like that, I guess. Still, that is no reason to be dismissive of the whole thing, is it?

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2005-01-14 04:54am

wautd wrote:In other news, 40000 people die of hunger in africa every day

Life sucks, then you die.

But really, what can you do? If you focus on all the death and suffering in the world, you'll never have time to try and be happy in your own life. We all have the right to try and pursue that. That inevitably means you have to turn a blind eye to the world once in awhile.

All I can say is that when I die, I know the world will keep turning and people will go on with their lives being happy or being miserable. It's just how it is. Life isn't fair. Never was, never will be.