The earthquake/tsunami in Asia is definitely a tragedy as is every person lost. Even one victim leaves behind a gaping hole in a family.
But we should be aware of the tendency of the media to overhype eventsusly estimated.)
| 1556 | Shanshi, China | 830,000 |
| 1662 | Anhwei, China | 300,000 |
| 1693 | Catania, Sicily | 153,000 |
| 1703 | Jeddo, Japan | 200,000 |
| 1730 | Hokkaido, Japan | 137,000 |
| 1730 | Qili, China | 100,000 |
| 1737 | Calcutta, India | 300,000 |
| 1850 | Sichuan, China | 300,000 |
| 1886 | Java | 100,000 |
| 1920 | Gansu, China | 100,000 |
| 1923 | Tokyo, Japan | 142,000 |
| 1927 | Nan-Shan, China | 200,000 |
| 1976 | China | est. up to 800,000 |
It doesn’t take anything away from the current tragedy to be accurate in reporting and avoid the hype and hysteria.
Oh, there’s all kinds of hysteria out there from people far removed from the affected areas.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/earthquakes/index.shtml?tqskip1=1
This is an informational site about earthquakes through 2000.
Thank you, Dom.
Well it fits right into the current meteorological hysteria that plagues all TV stations, Dom.
If even one snowflake is on the horizon (assuming you could see a snowflake on the horizon ess of the aforesaid snowflake. Split-screen technology, pop-up graphics and -12-28 12:30:10
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