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    The Nation's Top 10 Natural Disasters
    Sep 14 5:13 PM US/Eastern


    By The Associated Press
    Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the nation's 10 deadliest natural disasters.


    1. Galveston (Texas) Hurricane, 1900, estimated 8,000 deaths

    2. Great Okeechobee Hurricane in Florida, 1928, estimated 2,500-plus

    3. Johnstown, Pa., Flood, 1889, estimated 2,200-plus

    4. Louisiana Hurricane, 1893, 2,000-plus

    5. South Carolina-Georgia Hurricane, 1893, 1,000-2,000

    6. Great New England Hurricane, 1938, 720

    7. San Francisco Earthquake, 1906, 700

    8. Georgia-South Carolina Hurricane, 1881, 700

    9. Tri-State Tornado in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, 1925, 695

    10. Labor Day Hurricane that hit the Florida Keys, 1935, 405

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    Holy Crap! 695 people killed in a tornado outbreak. Unreal.

  • #2
    What about Hurricane Andrew?
    Dude. Can. Fly.

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    • #3
      QUOTE(dvyyyyyy @ Sep 14 2005, 11:05 PM) Quoted post

      What about Hurricane Andrew?
      [/b][/quote]
      Ol' Andy didn't rate...he didn't kill enough people.

      Dat's right!

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      • #4
        The missouri earthquake in the 1800s killed way more people than any of those did.

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        • #5
          None of those compare to the Yangtze River flooding in China (don't remember when it was). I think it killed over one million people.

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          • #6
            QUOTE(Damon @ Sep 14 2005, 10:48 PM) Quoted post

            The Nation's Top 10 Natural Disasters
            Sep 14 5:13 PM US/Eastern



            9. Tri-State Tornado in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, 1925, 695


            ----

            Holy Crap! 695 people killed in a tornado outbreak. Unreal.
            [/b][/quote]


            It was not an outbreak, it was one tornado...



            Read all aboot it.

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              QUOTE(GloveSaveandaBeauty @ Sep 15 2005, 12:23 AM) Quoted post
              None of those compare to the Yangtze River flooding in China (don't remember when it was). I think it killed over one million people. [/b][/quote]
              You may be on to something!

              It doesn't compare -- because it's not a US NATURAL DISASTER!!!!

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              • #8
                QUOTE(Damon @ Sep 14 2005, 10:48 PM) Quoted post

                The Nation's Top 10 Natural Disasters
                Sep 14 5:13 PM US/Eastern


                By The Associated Press
                Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the nation's 10 deadliest natural disasters.


                1. Galveston (Texas) Hurricane, 1900, estimated 8,000 deaths

                2. Great Okeechobee Hurricane in Florida, 1928, estimated 2,500-plus

                3. Johnstown, Pa., Flood, 1889, estimated 2,200-plus

                4. Louisiana Hurricane, 1893, 2,000-plus

                5. South Carolina-Georgia Hurricane, 1893, 1,000-2,000

                6. Great New England Hurricane, 1938, 720

                7. San Francisco Earthquake, 1906, 700

                8. Georgia-South Carolina Hurricane, 1881, 700
                9. Tri-State Tornado in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, 1925, 695

                10. Labor Day Hurricane that hit the Florida Keys, 1935, 405

                ----

                Holy Crap! 695 people killed in a tornado outbreak. Unreal.
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                  Tri-State Tornado
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                    QUOTE(GloveSaveandaBeauty @ Sep 15 2005, 01:23 AM) Quoted post

                    None of those compare to the Yangtze River flooding in China (don't remember when it was). I think it killed over one million people.
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                    • #11
                      The Weather Channel has their own list

                      1. 1935 Labor Day Hurricane
                      2. 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak ( I was born on this day)
                      3. 1993 Superstorm
                      4. 1900 Galveston Hurricane
                      5. 1938 "Great New England" Hurricane
                      6. Hurricane Camille
                      7. 1925 "Tri-State" Tornado
                      8. "Great Appalachian" Storm
                      9. "Ash Wednesday" Storm
                      10. Hurricanes Agnes and Andrew
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                      • #12
                        QUOTE(steveInebriated @ Sep 15 2005, 12:53 AM) Quoted post
                        QUOTE(GloveSaveandaBeauty @ Sep 15 2005, 12:23 AM) Quoted post
                        None of those compare to the Yangtze River flooding in China (don't remember when it was). I think it killed over one million people. [/b][/quote]
                        You may be on to something!

                        It doesn't compare -- because it's not a US NATURAL DISASTER!!!!
                        [/b][/quote]
                        QUOTE(Ohio Blues @ Sep 15 2005, 12:59 AM) Quoted post
                        QUOTE(GloveSaveandaBeauty @ Sep 15 2005, 01:23 AM) Quoted post

                        None of those compare to the Yangtze River flooding in China (don't remember when it was). I think it killed over one million people.
                        [/b][/quote]
                        Top 10 US Natural Disasters [/b][/quote]
                        IN.

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                        • #13
                          QUOTE(steveInebriated @ Sep 15 2005, 02:00 AM) Quoted post

                          QUOTE(steveInebriated @ Sep 15 2005, 12:53 AM) Quoted post
                          QUOTE(GloveSaveandaBeauty @ Sep 15 2005, 12:23 AM) Quoted post
                          None of those compare to the Yangtze River flooding in China (don't remember when it was). I think it killed over one million people. [/b][/quote]
                          You may be on to something!

                          It doesn't compare -- because it's not a US NATURAL DISASTER!!!!
                          [/b][/quote]
                          QUOTE(Ohio Blues @ Sep 15 2005, 12:59 AM) Quoted post
                          QUOTE(GloveSaveandaBeauty @ Sep 15 2005, 01:23 AM) Quoted post

                          None of those compare to the Yangtze River flooding in China (don't remember when it was). I think it killed over one million people.
                          [/b][/quote]
                          Top 10 US Natural Disasters [/b][/quote]
                          IN.
                          [/b][/quote]
                          oh ok sorry for not reading the thread master
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                          • #14
                            QUOTE(Ohio Blues @ Sep 15 2005, 01:01 AM) Quoted post
                            oh ok sorry for not reading the thread master
                            [/b][/quote]

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                            • #15
                              QUOTE(JWB @ Sep 15 2005, 01:02 AM) Quoted post
                              QUOTE(Ohio Blues @ Sep 15 2005, 01:01 AM) Quoted post
                              oh ok sorry for not reading the thread master
                              [/b][/quote]

                              Take a sedative, hero. [/b][/quote]
                              And STFU.

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