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Old 05-07-2008, 18:16 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ChrisF202 View Post
They now say that the death toll may go up to 100,000

This is truly a disaster of biblical proportions, and I suspect the military govt. did not issue warnings which contributed to the death toll
Actually storms like this are common throughout history. The difference is now there are more people in their way and we have near instantaneous knowledge of the disaster with video footage.

The government did broadcast warnings....on TV. Which is useless when the population survives on $2 a day and have about 1 TV per viliage.
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