Comments on: Ten Worst US Disasters in the Last 101 Years http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:52:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: JimBob http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1878731 JimBob Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:25:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-1878731 What about the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930's What about the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930's

]]> By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-251196 Sid Morrison Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:49:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-251196 yeah, in retrospect, I suppose they do mean *natural* disasters. Way to be imprecise (original authors, not Alex)... yeah, in retrospect, I suppose they do mean *natural* disasters. Way to be imprecise (original authors, not Alex)...

]]> By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-251076 Sid Morrison Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:57:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-251076 Hey, Tim & I agree on something :-) Kudo's on adding the molasses flood. One disaster that is GLARINGLY missing is the Texas City Disaster in 1947 when ships bearing ammonium nitrate exploded, killing 581 people. How can they leave that one off???? It was a loss of life 10x worse than Mt. St.Helens! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster Hey, Tim & I agree on something :-) Kudo's on adding the molasses flood.

One disaster that is GLARINGLY missing is the Texas City Disaster in 1947 when ships bearing ammonium nitrate exploded, killing 581 people. How can they leave that one off???? It was a loss of life 10x worse than Mt. St.Helens!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster

]]> By: Tom B http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-250246 Tom B Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:33:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-250246 "i dont see Bush on that list." I think they mean NATURAL disasters. Bush was courtesy of Diebold. If you include ALL disasters, September 11 was way bigger than, say, Mt. Saint Helens. "i dont see Bush on that list."

I think they mean NATURAL disasters. Bush was courtesy of Diebold.

If you include ALL disasters, September 11 was way bigger than, say, Mt. Saint Helens.

]]> By: Kct http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-249400 Kct Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:45:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-249400 I agree with you, NotMe: Jan, 20/2001 - Elected G W Bush president! Oh Damn... :-) I agree with you, NotMe:
Jan, 20/2001 - Elected G W Bush president! Oh Damn... :-)

]]> By: Tim Giachetti http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-249249 Tim Giachetti Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:05:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-249249 Geee, not even an honorable mention for the great molassas flood of 1919 in Boston? It was terrible! If you didn't have a waffle to float on you were doomed! :P Geee, not even an honorable mention for the great molassas flood of 1919 in Boston? It was terrible! If you didn't have a waffle to float on you were doomed! :P

]]> By: NotMe http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-249212 NotMe Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:27:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-249212 i dont see Bush on that list. i dont see Bush on that list.

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-249113 Alex Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:40:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-249113 Fine, fine - changed the title to reflect that these disasters are in USA. Fine, fine - changed the title to reflect that these disasters are in USA.

]]> By: Geoduck http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-249106 Geoduck Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:36:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-249106 Duh.. waited too long to post my comment. Duh.. waited too long to post my comment.

]]> By: Geoduck http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-249105 Geoduck Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:36:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-249105 It should be remembered that these are the worst disasters in -America-, not world-wide. It should be remembered that these are the worst disasters in -America-, not world-wide.

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-249076 Alex Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:08:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-249076 Article is as written by Popular Mechanics. Article is as written by Popular Mechanics.

]]> By: Martin http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/comment-page-1/#comment-249069 Martin Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:00:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/12/ten-worst-disasters-in-the-last-101-years/#comment-249069 Err... The list is of disasters in the USA. That sort of blithe ignoring of the rest of the world is the sort of thing that gives the USA a bad name. There's nothing wrong with a list of disasters that affected only your country, but it should at least be labelled as such. The implicit message is that foreign lives simply aren't very important. Err... The list is of disasters in the USA. That sort of blithe ignoring of the rest of the world is the sort of thing that gives the USA a bad name. There's nothing wrong with a list of disasters that affected only your country, but it should at least be labelled as such. The implicit message is that foreign lives simply aren't very important.

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