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Posted by kush paintings on Dec-08-2005 15:42:

Worst disasters...

Along the lines of Hindenburg and the Titanic, what are some of the worst disasters in history?

Posted by Shakka on Dec-08-2005 16:09:

Re: Worst disasters...

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Originally posted by kush paintings
Along the lines of Hindenburg and the Titanic, what are some of the worst disasters in history?

As far as casualties or significance of event? The Challenger blow up was pretty significant--as was Columbia to a similar extent. Are you looking for man-made destruction or natural disasters? Sounds like more of the former. How about PanAm flight whatever it was over Lockerbee Scotland? The San Francisco earthquake in the that late 80's/early 90's? There are near limitless possibilities.

Posted by occrider on Dec-08-2005 16:14:

The eagles this year. Stop sucking!

Posted by Shakka on Dec-08-2005 16:46:

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Originally posted by occrider
The eagles this year. Stop sucking!

Oh Snap! First TO, then McNabb, then Westbrook! It's OVAH BABY! And the Falcons are trying to follow the lead.

Posted by trancaholic on Dec-08-2005 16:46:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disasters

Oddly, it neither mentions the plague or Windows 95

Posted by kush paintings on Dec-08-2005 16:56:

Yeah, after posting I found that list. I was actually thinking about today what would make for a great big-budget disaster movie like Titanic.

Posted by josh4 on Dec-08-2005 17:25:

George W. Bush

Posted by hardcore trancer on Dec-08-2005 18:44:

911 obviously

Posted by Fir3start3r on Dec-08-2005 19:55:

The Bombing of Air India flight 182 over Canada

Posted by St_Andrew on Dec-08-2005 20:28:

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Originally posted by trancaholic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disasters

Oddly, it neither mentions the plague or Windows 95

That's actually interesting...

quote:
Originally posted by kush paintings
Yeah, after posting I found that list. I was actually thinking about today what would make for a great big-budget disaster movie like Titanic.

Something like tjernobyl or 9/11 could probably be pretty cool

Posted by Fir3start3r on Dec-08-2005 23:49:

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Originally posted by St_Andrew
Something like tjernobyl or 9/11 could probably be pretty cool

Isn't someone already doing something big budget RE: 9/11?

Posted by Fir3start3r on Dec-08-2005 23:52:

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Originally posted by trancaholic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disasters

Great link!

Oh snap!
How could I forget this one!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_explosion

1/2 of Halifax was flattened...

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...ranks highly among the largest ever man-made, non-nuclear explosions.

Posted by kush paintings on Dec-09-2005 15:03:

Yeah, but really Nova Scotia, who cares?

I was just thinking, has there been a good Hiroshima movie to come out in the last decade? Also, I can't remember if there was a movie ever made about the Great Chicago Fire, but that would be another good disaster I think.

Posted by Shakka on Dec-09-2005 15:12:

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Originally posted by kush paintings
Also, I can't remember if there was a movie ever made about the Great Chicago Fire, but that would be another good disaster I think.

Good one. I actually got married in the only church in downtown Chicago that wasn't destroyed by that fateful fire. Wasn't it started by a lantern in a barn or something?

And still, regarding Nova Scotia. It may be remote, but 2000 deaths certainly gives it some street cred as an awful disaster. Huge munitions explosion followed by a tsunami. I actually tried looking at the region on Google Earth last night to see if any relics of the incident were visible, but I couldn't really notice anything specific.

Posted by St_Andrew on Dec-09-2005 15:18:

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Isn't someone already doing something big budget RE: 9/11?

Donno, probably

Posted by dj_ilan_yosef on Dec-09-2005 15:51:

when g-d killed all the first born of Egypt for fucking around!

Posted by Lepanto on Dec-09-2005 15:56:

Chernobyl*, mr.Andrews

I think this is by far one of the worst disasters outside of man made ones. Well, it was from a man made machine but it was because of a malfunction or whatever it was. But the effects were horrible. To this day, much of nothern region of Chernobyl is still being tested for radioactivity amongst children, adults, infants, food, water, etc. It's just horrible.