It appears the USA lost more people in the Tsunami than on 9/11

[benburch]

But of course, we'll hardly spend a dime on it.

Feel safer now?

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. How do you figure that?

have we lost 3,000 to the tsunami?

[benburch]

7. That is the number of US citizens currently reported missing.

Likely some will be found OK, but also likely that more will be added to the missing list.

The effected area is still in chaos.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Who reported that number?

Seems kind of high to me.

[benburch]

10. WBBM-AM 780, Chicago. nt

[Pirate Smile]

2. Where are you getting your numbers? Link?

[KurtNYC]

3. I won't feel safer until we attack an oil rich country that had nothing

to do with the tsunami. (sarcasm)

[soothsayer]

11. lol!

[redqueen]

17. Nice

:thumbsup:

[Wonk]

4. Time to declare a war on earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, hurricanes, etc!

/I've said this before.

/I'm still being sarcastic.

/I still think *'s "war on an abstract noun" is fucking stupid.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. If India has lost 7 thousand how could we have lost 3 thousand?

Got any proopf of numbers?

[SmokingJacket]

14. Confirmed dead numbers are MUCH smaller than the actual

number.

India has probably only identified 7,000 people who are for sure dead.

I'd bet my lunch many, many thousands more are missing and will be found later, if at all.

I don't know about the 3,000 Americans, but it's in the realm of possibility. Several people here locally were involved somehow -- and we had only one or two lost on 9-11.

[vpigrad]

6. CNN said the total was eight so far!

That's eight as in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8! How do you get more than 3,000 out of that?

[benburch]

8. From a radio report of number missing.

Which I think will convert to dead pretty efficiently given the nature of the event.

[Bat Boy]

13. "Missing" does not equal "dead"

"Dead" equals "dead"

I'll wait for that number. Believe me, I'm in no hurry.

[benburch]

15. True.

But I'm a pessimist by nature. Comes from being an engineer.

[NewJeffCT]

12. CNN also reported

CNN also reported that thousands of Americans were still missing & unaccounted for. While hopefully this is due to a lack of available communication, I did get an email from a friend in Sri Lanka two days ago...

[Catchawave]

16. Here's a report from a CBS affiliate and AP

a little confusing, thousands? hundreds? Americans "unaccounted for" and "missing" ?

http://kutv.com/topstories/topstories_story_365065701.html

[lpbk2713]

18. Watch Shit-for-Brains do a photo-op with a fireman over there.

And then haul ass, never to think of it again.



"You n me's buddy's, right?"

[Midlodemocrat]

19. The tsunami that knocked down these buildings

...will soon be hearing from us!! What a moran.

[nickgutierrez]

20. In response, Preznit declares war on the Pacific Ocean.

:)

Boy, talk about your conspicuous absenses -- where has Stupid Jr. been since this happened?

[barb162]

21. from the Chicago Tribune

chicagotribune.com >> Nation/World
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SOUTH ASIAN TSUNAMI STATE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE



Officials deployed in region to identify missing citizens

By Cam Simpson
Washington Bureau
Published December 30, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Personnel from State Department posts in the Asia-Pacific region are descending on morgues, hospitals, airports and other sites in search of missing Americans--living and dead--hit by the weekend's catastrophe, but the difficult task could take weeks, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Officially, as many as 3,000 Americans remain unaccounted for in the region, although that number is in constant flux as survivors and their relatives contact the government or others are located.

Twelve Americans have been confirmed dead, but that number is expected to grow.

Reports of mass graves, especially in Thailand, stirred fears that the effort to locate the missing could become even more complicated as Americans fretted that the fate of their loved ones might remain a mystery.

[barb162]

22. when I was listening to these numbers today too they mentioned

Sweden has over a thousand missing and the British have a large number also. I guess I am surprised at the number of European and Americans there.

[crispini]

23. Oh yes, it hit prime tourist areas.

Tourism is very high on Thailand's income. and Pattaya is ... was ... Thailand's #1 beach tourist resort area.

[ekhunter]

24. we shouldn't compare the tsunami with 9/11

9/11 was an act of terrorism and the tsunami was an act of nature.