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12-31-2004, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by dingo22
It might not be the worst, these are what I have found so far:
* 1976 Earthquake in Tangshan, China, kills 242,000
* 1970 Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 500,000
* 1887 China's Yellow River breaks its banks in Huayan Kou killing 900,000
* 1556 Earthquake in China's Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan provinces kills an estimated 830,000
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I was trying to look for those statistics but could not find them. Thanks. One of the great tragedies of our time. Even though this does not qualify a disaster due to natural devastation but I was looking up the Chinese Famine of 1958-1961. Over 5 million died in that.
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01-04-2005, 02:16 AM
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OMG those pics are impressive...they really give you a whole new perspective of the damage...you see how massive this was, it literally erased islands from the map...it's so sad, 155,000 deaths confirmed, and still climbing...
I didn't hear of this until the 28th since I was on vacations ironically at a beach that had sufferd a tidalwave some 10 years ago, of course nothing like this...
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01-04-2005, 07:53 AM
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I just heard on the news that the Thai government is now having to deal with the influx of child sex slavery groups snatching up the children that have no families now and are just wandering the streets.
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1996 Mustang Cobra. Vortech Kompressor installed.
Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy. You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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01-04-2005, 10:37 AM
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if these kidnappings are true, there are no words to describe these f%#%?#@ :fist: :cry: 
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01-04-2005, 08:31 PM
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Well on a positive note just read that quote:
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher plans to donate $10 million to aid efforts for tsunami victims in Asia.
Here is where i found this, short article though.
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/sto...20041211SIN57D
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01-04-2005, 11:48 PM
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^^^ a heard schumi have 10 million USD
and this gave have away his money too www.mym5fund.co.uk
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01-05-2005, 02:14 AM
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i think it was around 201pounds?
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01-06-2005, 05:33 PM
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