Comments on: The Quick 10: The 10 Worst Natural Disasters

By: jamyang

jamyang — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:35:34 +0000

yeah u cannot call a small disaster a ‘’small potatos” like nancy said it is not an appropriate word, we have to focus more on the lost of lifes and those missing person.

By: Big Bob Howser

Big Bob Howser — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:09:07 +0000

I like potatoes.

By: mrs.djs

mrs.djs — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:44:53 +0000

@rel: Pearl Harbor and 911 were man made disasters; those listed here are all natural disasters. There’s a difference. A HUGE difference.

And yes, Myanmar is a tragedy, and I’m truly sorry for everyone involved. But it’s still true that the total killed/missing doesn’t even come close to the 10th worst natural disaster in history. Get over it. I’m fairly certain the author of the article meant no disrespect.

By: meta

meta — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:21:45 +0000

all i got to say is china keeps getting owned by water and earthquakes. and right on rel!

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:58:34 +0000

It’s interesting to me that numbers 1, 2, and 4 have such a large range of possibile fatalities. I mean, I know that it may have been harder to keep up with official records of births and deaths and whatnot in 1887 and maybe even 1931, but 1970? I just wonder where the confusion lies. There’s a big difference between 1 million and 3.7 million…

By: rel

rel — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:34:40 +0000

If you combine Pearl Harbor and 911 they aren’t a drop in the bucket compared to the loss of life in any of the major tragedies. The US used those incidents to further their Imperialistic goals.

By: Leizl

Leizl — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:10:24 +0000

I didn’t notice the Quick 10 before the title. My bad. IMHO, I still think this topic should merit a more thorough post.

By: Leizl

Leizl — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:06:32 +0000

Is it just me or could this post use some more information about each disaster? I mean, disasters should not only be called ‘worst’ if only for the number of deaths it caused. What about its socio-economic, environmental, and political effects?

By: Herdrich

Herdrich — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:21:43 +0000

The 1975 Bangiao dam failure of China is not a Natural Disaster and should not be on this list, it is a result of human error.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:20:28 +0000

With the death toll of about 6 million in natural disasters, I wouldn’t live in China. By the way MRH is right, our society is now controlled by fear and ignorance and a lot of it has to do with the media.