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What don't New Orleans, Haiti and Japan have in common? (pg. 5)
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| DJ Itchy Tits |
| quote: | Originally posted by runcmd
do you seriously believe thats the reason? my god youre a ing american looser. theres no difference between "american donations" or other donations. moron. |
quoted for the irony, lulz, and posterity.
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| gmilf |
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Why? Was it because we couldn't see Haitians shaking on TV during the earthquake, but we saw Japanese houses being washed away and we had even more footage from Katrina? Is it because Americans could relate to Southerners, the Japanese felt more compassionate towards North-Easterners, and Haitians had no one to turn to?
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Just a theory, but the Red Cross and other "non-profit" organizations started receiving a lot of bad press after Katrina. A large percentage of funds donated to certain organizations go towards running the organizations themselves and are never actually given over to the relief effort, the American Redcross currently keeps 9% of their funds for administrative costs. After finding this out I personally started trying to find organizations that gave more directly to the people in need, and I'd like to think that this accounts for a bit of the decline in donations. |
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| gmilf |
| quote: | Originally posted by runcmd
this was particular funny.
"they dont have anything to lose so it would be better if it happened there, and since they work for free anyway money isnt needed" :) |
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| srussell0018 |
:haha:
#Notintendedtobeafactualstatement |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
watch all the videos on youtube, in a matter of 3-10 minutes a tsuanmi hit. sure, the full affects lasted longer, but they don't last longer than hurricanes do. |
LOL WUT!?
Yea, a hurricane causing destruction might last a longer period of time, but a tsunami has far more destructive potential than a hurricane!
Weatherboy defending his phenomenon! |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
LOL WUT!?
Yea, a hurricane causing destruction might last a longer period of time, but a tsunami has far more destructive potential than a hurricane!
Weatherboy defending his phenomenon! |
That's true in general, but New Orleans is a much different example. Most of the damage was not from the hurricane itself, but the levees breaking/flooding of the city. So in this case, the destruction caused by a hurricane was greater than that of the tsunami, albeit not directly caused by the hurricane. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
That's true in general, but New Orleans is a much different example. Most of the damage was not from the hurricane itself, but the levees breaking/flooding of the city. So in this case, the destruction caused by a hurricane was greater than that of the tsunami, albeit not directly caused by the hurricane. |
Even then, the damage done by the tohoku quake tsunami is thousands of times more than there was in New Orleans... The flood water in New Orleans was not "fast" moving, it inundated houses but didn't pick them up and throw them hundreds of meters or destroy them entirely. |
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| tubularbills |
I was not claiming anywhere in here that the hurricane destroyed more than the tsunami and/or earthquake. i said that the actual storm lasted longer. People were actually exposed to it as it was happening; whereas all the footage of haiti/japan was after it happened.
however, the damage that occurred in Mississippi is in the same ballpark as the tsunami. Storm surge from Katrina was 12 feet in Biloxi, higher further down the coastline.
as I said before,
| quote: | | All in all, the three disasters are very hard to compare on numerous scales. |
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| tubularbills |
this is also a wild throw out there, but once all the nuclear came out and about, I have a feeling people were less inclined to donate.
People feel the need to donate when a disaster hits that affects people's homes and such, because donated money helps rebuild homes and get people into shelters and/or back on their feet. donated money won't get the radiation out of your milk, soil, and/or air.
again just a wild theory. |
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| srussell0018 |
The estimated damage cost of Katrina is around $125,000,000,000
People estimate the cost of the Earthquake/Tsunami to possibly top $300,000,000,000.
Not exactly "thousands of times" greater. It's hard to compare the two. You can make the case that the Japanese tsunami caused more overall damage, but Katrina basically destroyed a major metropolitan city, and areas of other states as well.
I'm sure if Katrina was preceded by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, it would be a much different story as well.
You're also forgetting the damage done by the Hurricane itself. Aside from the flooding, there was millions of dollars of damage done before the city was flooded by the breached levees. I mean, look at the Superdome.
I'm not saying Katrina caused more damage, I just think you're greatly exaggerating how much more damage was caused by the tsunami. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I'm not saying Katrina caused more damage, I just think you're greatly exaggerating how much more damage was caused by the tsunami. |
nou is just upset that he lost some asian anime kiddie porn, that's all. |
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| gmilf |
| They so haitin they be shakin |
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