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Myanmar disaster (pg. 2)
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnetonium
Remember than tsunami couple years back that took lives of over 250,000 people around Indian Ocean? |
yeah, and...?:rolleyes:
remember the Bhola Cyclone on 1970? killed almost half a million. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
yeah, and...?:rolleyes:
remember the Bhola Cyclone on 1970? killed almost half a million. |
Remember Noah's Ark? Nuff said. :o |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Remember Noah's Ark? Nuff said. :o |
LOL.....seriously, that was one of the few times i've actually laughed reading a post. i thank you for that. :) |
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnetonium
Not quite - human overpopulation is resulting in the higher number of people dying from disasters. About 150 years ago there was 4-5 times less people in the world. That same Burma was not that densely populated.
But at the same time the stress imposed by the population on the environment by destruction of rainforests, changing of terrain, release of pollution, methane (greenhouse gases), etc. = fuels the rage of the weather systems. |
just stop, Al.
this cat. 3 storm wasn't any different in size or strength of any other cat. 3 aside from where it made landfall. storm surge pwns you |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Over population obviously doesn't help, but the central problem with these disasters is lack of infrastructure to adequately cope with such weather systems. Everyone knows burma is a hotspot for extreme weather conditions, but they are poor and lack the means to adequately house and protect their citizens. The higher death tolls obviously go hand in hand with higher populations, but compare the number of deaths from katrina to the number of deaths from the tsunami. |
hurricane Andrew hit florida in 92 at 165 mph and only 65 people died. it has everything to do with preparation and moving people out of the way. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
hurricane Andrew hit florida in 92 at 165 mph and only 65 people died. it has everything to do with preparation and moving people out of the way. |
And the fact that in the United States most people have houses with concrete foundations and solid walls. |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
And the fact that in the United States most people have houses with concrete foundations and solid walls. |
very true, i can't argue with that. but most people don't stay in their homes during a serious hurricane. they usually get far away. that fact merely limits the damage in less severe hurricanes/tropical storms. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
very true, i can't argue with that. but most people don't stay in their homes during a serious hurricane. they usually get far away. that fact merely limits the damage in less severe hurricanes/tropical storms. |
Not in the developing world, where villagers probably don't know it's coming and surely don't have vehicles to drive inland. |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Not in the developing world, where villagers probably don't know it's coming and surely don't have vehicles to drive inland. |
i meant in the US. if that was true globally we wouldn't be talking about 100,000+ dead (or whatever the number is) in burma. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
i meant in the US. if that was true globally we wouldn't be talking about 100,000+ dead (or whatever the number is) in burma. |
Ah, I got ya - I thought you were supporting Mag's argument that the environment or overcrowding is responsible for the high death toll. |
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| tathi |
| while i agree that in the first world there wouldnt be as many dead, but a 35 metre tidle wave and rain that left "scars on peoples faces" doesnt sound like any normal storm. |
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Originally posted by tathi
while i agree that in the first world there wouldnt be as many dead, but a 35 metre tidle wave and rain that left "scars on peoples faces" doesnt sound like any normal storm. |
it was the geography, not the storm itself. |
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