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13 Jan 10
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The death toll following the earthquake in Haiti could top 100,000, Jean-Max Bellerive, the country's prime minister, said on Wednesday.
The final death toll could be "well over 100,000," the prime minister told the US television channel after his Caribbean nation was struck on Tuesday by a 7.0 magnitude quake.
"I hope that is not true, because I hope the people had the time to get out. Because we have so much people on the streets right now, we don't know exactly where they were living.
"But so many, so many buildings, so many neighborhoods totally destroyed, and some neighborhoods we don't even see people, so I don't know where those people are."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/6983021/Haiti-earthquake-death-toll-may-top-100000.html
The final death toll could be "well over 100,000," the prime minister told the US television channel after his Caribbean nation was struck on Tuesday by a 7.0 magnitude quake.
"I hope that is not true, because I hope the people had the time to get out. Because we have so much people on the streets right now, we don't know exactly where they were living.
"But so many, so many buildings, so many neighborhoods totally destroyed, and some neighborhoods we don't even see people, so I don't know where those people are."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/6983021/Haiti-earthquake-death-toll-may-top-100000.html
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Ive been shocked at lack of coverage on news
100,000 deaths :( |
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If this is the case i don't believe the poor country will get as much aid as the tsunami hit countries did either. The UN has pledged $10m FFS.
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tsunami + SE asia = sexy
earthquake + Haiti = minger |
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You may not be far off mark
Some lives seem to be seen as more important than others Imagine if 100,000 had been killed in france, italy or usa It would be blanket coverage on our news channels |
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It's natural they would overestimate to get maximum relief money.
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A lot more perverted middle aged Brits were in s/e asia at the time of the tsunami.
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as the US overestimated the twin towers deaths as well so they could go gung ho
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Here we go . . . .
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:)
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theres 800,000 innocent Iraqis and afghans died, makes the twin towers look like nothing. Does anyone care?
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anyway back to the point. that wee little earthquake in Italy last year was treated like armageddon, while this one will be forgotten in a week
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100,000 dead would make it the 4th deadliest earthquake in the last hundred years.
1556, January 23 Senshi Province, China Over 830,000 1976, July 28 Tangshan, China Over 242,000 1920, December 16 Kansu, China Over 180,000 1923, September 1 Toyko-Yokihama, Japan Over 140,000 1290, September 27 Gulf of Chihli, China 100,000 1693 Catania, Sicily and Naples, Italy 60,000 and 93,000, respectively 1667, November Shemakha, Caucasia 80,000 1908, December Messina, Italy 75,000 to 80,000 1932, December 26 Kansu, China 70,000 1970, May 31 Northern Peru 50,000 to 70,000 |
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cor!
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Using the Nagin formula, I'm gonna plump for around 12,000
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Will be 100,000 zombies walking around there soon then!! :)
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perhaps the kind hearted bankers will give half their bonus to help the needy?
or perhaps not. |
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Poor people.
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not enough send another aftershock
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and the first t0sser appears
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Ch 4 news...
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Where was God...Allah....etc...?
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leopard...same place as the tooth fairy
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Sugarplum City?
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This is very depressing stuff on ITV news just now.
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lol at sparky mocking the dead
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its not natural to have 5 million people (or whatever the figure is) in one small city. especially in such a poor place with no way to cope with disasters. unless people stop breeding like rabbits the world is doomed.
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Mocking the dead?
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just what I thought canaryboy, for the 2nd day running. Despicable.
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Go on?
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well you coudn't give a **. put it that way!
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and a minute to reply!
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f'kin hell 100,000.
How many died in the boxing bay tsunami in all wasnt that 100k too? :( |
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30000 to 50000 dead is the recent estimate
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I haven't mocked the dead. That's a disgusting claim, if there's a motivation other than pure wickedness for telling such lies, than let's hear it.
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well we'll agree to disagree then
keep up the glib comments! |
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No, we won't agree to disagree.
Back up your claim. |
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it was an observation not a claim
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