Wot's YOUR favourite disaster?

[Damian]

The worst natural disaster of my lifetime would have to be the "2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami."

 

[Damian]

I stand corrected. The 2004 tsunami is not the worst natural disaster of my lifetime.

"List of natural disasters by death toll"

 

[Damian]

Just to put things in perspective.

- The death toll of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was 700-3,000.

- The death toll of the 2010 Haiti earthquake was 160,000.

- The death toll of the 1976 Tangshan (China) earthquake was 242,000 - 655,000.

- The death toll of Hurricane Katrina (2005) was 1,833.

- The death toll of the Bhola cyclone (1970) was 500,000 - 1,000,000.

 

[Jedidiah]

Just to put things in perspective.

- The death toll of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was 700-3,000.

- The death toll of the 2010 Haiti earthquake was 160,000.

- The death toll of the 1976 Tangshan (China) earthquake was 242,000 - 655,000.

- The death toll of Hurricane Katrina (2005) was 1,833.

- The death toll of the Bhola cyclone (1970) was 500,000 - 1,000,000.

Thanks !
- The death toll of Nazism (1933-1945) was 50,000,000 - 80,000,000.

 

[Totton Linnet]

Did you have to make a moulage out of Tot's thread?

What's next? Greasing the steps at the old folks home?

It was him who kicked ol' Bluhminstaat's crutches out from under him and squirted ink in his hair.

.....meaner'n a bullfrog whose swamp has dried up.

 

[SaulToPaul 2]

.....meaner'n a bullfrog whose swamp has dried up.

Are you saying that saint john w, the great, is more ornery than ole Ben Weaver?

 

[john w]

It was him who kicked ol' Bluhminstaat's crutches out from under him and squirted ink in his hair.

.....meaner'n a bullfrog whose swamp has dried up.

Other than Judi Henlser, there is no chick of which I'd like to put gum, in their hair, more than you.

 

[SaulToPaul 2]

Other than Judi Henlser, there is no chick of which I'd like to put gum, in their hair, more than you.

How about Dee from What's Happening?

 

[Damian]

Thanks !
- The death toll of Nazism (1933-1945) was 50,000,000 - 80,000,000.

That's not a natural disaster.

 

[Jedidiah]

That's not a natural disaster.

So you believe in free will ?

 

[Catholic Crusader]

this thread

Dang! I was gonna say that.

 

[Totton Linnet]

Are you saying that saint john w, the great, is more ornery than ole Ben Weaver?

More ornery than a semi house trained polecat ....

 

[Totton Linnet]

Other than Judi Henlser, there is no chick of which I'd like to put gum, in their hair, more than you.

I prefer sputum...that keeps it down in the wind nicely

 

[john w]

I prefer sputum...that keeps it down in the wind nicely

Fine. I'm breaking up with you, and I'm keeping the "Country Squire" station wagon, including the side panels.You keep that stupid cat, and the mortgage...

 

[john w]

How about Dee from What's Happening?

..as for you, I'm goin' to ask out your old flame, Daphne...She's a real doll...

 

[Damian]

So you believe in free will ?

What relevance does this have to the subject matter at hand?

 

[john w]

A former "member," that went by "graceandpeace," then was "reincarnated," "morphed" into "newday," and then "lovebug."


A fitting way to end this thread.

Saved by the milk....matured by the meat....


RIP.

 

[Thunder's Muse]

Of course disasters are not fun, not a bit. I am totally transfixed by them, how they happened, I want to know every single detail.

I was born and raised in Southampton England and it is from there that the Titanic set off on her maiden voyage, I think I had barely learned to read before I was studying every little detail of the tragedy that unfolded that fateful night.

I am especially transfixed by air disasters. I am currently on the case of the 401 which crashed in the Miami swamps. The pilots became so engrossed in a dud lightbulb they failed to notice that the autopilot had disengaged and they were descending.

I've always been fascinated with Pompeii

 

[Jedidiah]

What relevance does this have to the subject matter at hand?

You're suggesting that Nazism was an unnatural disaster which requires a belief in free will. Do you believe in free will, or do you believe that Nazism was a natural disaster ?

:singer:

 

[Totton Linnet]

I appreciate all the posts about natural disasters and past/future judgements, but all my interest is in those very human disasters. As horrified as I am by things like Tsunami.

I am also a keen student of military disasters...[I love history, that's the thing] things like the failed attempt at Arnhem and the causes of the failure. The battle of Stalingrad is another one....Gallipoli.

I read every single piece of data I can get, read eyewitness testimony.....I know it's funny to have such a hobby, what can you do?


.....Saint john of the w don't answer that, it is a rhetorical question.