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Karen Collins 30th December 2004	The military junta in charge of Burma is notoriously reluctant to release data about casualties following disasters. Hence,a true picture of the Burmese death toll is not yet available.(Reuters)
Jim 30th December 2004	Perhaps this is the sign of the end of time. Or perhaps the devil did this disaster.
Reeds 1st January 2005	India's grief over Sunday's tsunami has not yet given way to anger, with most people too stunned by the awesome power of nature to blame their government. But the media are beginning to ask the question -- was the bureaucracy fatally complacent? Reports say the top brass of the Indian Air Force knew their Nicobar air base had been submerged atleast an hour before the waves struck the mainland coast. The Indian Meteorological Department knew of the earthquake within minutes of its occurance in Indonesia but it informed the Home Ministry only after the tsunami had struck, a ministry official told Reuters.
Frank V 2nd January 2005	It is or was a disaster. But not the biggest by far. As recently as 1976 there was a Earthquake in China that claimed Official 255.000 lives (Chinees officials) but Estimated death was 650.000 lives. Was that Armageddon??? Year before last in Iran (same date) over 25.000 . What has God to do with it? If he has any mercy at all, no baby's or children should have died.
Kim 4th January 2005	If you all think its some sign, your all mad.
Jared 5th January 2005	If random natural accurances can cause such a death toll then why use prayer when you can develop real early warning technologies? This talk of armageddon is such a waste of time. Science can solve problems and there is nothing beyond human understanding.
tony 5th January 2005	I just want to say sorry if you beleive that the USA is responsable for what happened! You can blame us all you want but we are not responsible. Quit judging or you will be judged the same!
sara 15th January 2005	when you look at the devastation in asia its in big numbers. back there not that many muslims did die though most of them were hurt. many of the ppl back in asia that died were hindus that sit down and worship idols and not god...maybe thats a sign of god telling us that we should pay respect to him more then statues. by him killing 150, 000+ its a waking message for ppl to come together and worship the one and only god.
me 16th January 2005	Hopefully money donated will not fall in the wrong hands!
Jamie 17th January 2005	I'm a bit confused by this graph. What about the thousands of dead tourists and their nationalities? Shouldn't we, if possible, try to measure the count by nationality of the causualities, and not by merely if they were in one country or another when they died?
Thomas 17th January 2005	Jamie - What you are looking for is the graph of the Foreigners - Death toll. This one is about the citizens of the affected countries. I hope you realize that foreign tourists were not the only ones affected even though they are the ones receiving all the attention?
Linter 18th January 2005	Guys, this is a earth disaster, caused by numerous affects of living on a large piece of rock. Take your religious opinions - and flush them down the toilet. Obviously religion is man-made, and believing that this tsunami happened because of human "sin" is illogical. A majority of the worst hit nations are also the most religious.
Juan-Bon Jovi 20th January 2005	This Tsunami is bad but Ed over here wants to donate a thousand dolares to any victim in that junk that went down. Why did God allow this tsunami to happen?
Gen~Gen 26th January 2005	WHAT IS THE CARIBBEAN COMING TO FIRST WE STARTED BEING QUIET THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE ARE:GUNSHOTS,STABBING AND GANG FIGHTS EVERY DAY . I WOULD SAY MOST OF IT IS COMING FROM THE SCHOOL CHILDREN, THEY ARE GETTING INVOLVE IN TOO MUCH VOLIENCE FROM THE T.V, LYRICS OF CERTAIN SONGS AND WEED/DRINKING LIQUOR. WELL PEOPLE LET'S HELP OUR WORLD WHAT THE LORD GAVE UP FOR US LET US CARE IT.
Bobby Brown 26th January 2005	I think that the Tsunami was awful. However the thing that gets me is that people in Africa have this poverty everyday they don't get all this attention like the other people. Although there was no disaster surely we should help them as well.
Coty Lynn Smith 27th January 2005	hello my name is Coty Lynn Smith Im gay. I cried my little eyes out when I heard about this.
Coty Lynn Smith 28th January 2005	Hello my name is Coty Lynn Smith. I think the tsunami was a very awful thing to hear. I cried and cried and cried my eyes out when I heard of this. I am still crying because my scotty is in Kenya at the time and i am very thank funly my baby is ok
The Captain 8th February 2005	Disasters happen, and have done so for ages. They will continue for the next ages to be. I agree with Roland, that the earth has been moving with techtonic plates causing earthquakes and the earth is flowing with lava causing volcanic action. The planet earth is changing every single moment, and will do so for eternity or until something causes it to blow its self (which I doubt) up or some large solar impact plows into it. It would take something less the size of its own moon to completely destroy it. Then if it has any stability at all, it would repair itself---taking millions of years. But would it become a Mars, with but minute bits of life. Yes, the planet is growing with too many people and emissions of gases created by man. Something has to give, and my short novel should be exhausted. Man may destroy themselves, but beyond anything else---the earth will likely continue.
The Captain 8th February 2005	Disasters happen, and have done so for ages. They will continue for the next ages to be. I agree with Roland, that the earth has been moving with techtonic plates causing earthquakes and the earth is flowing with lava causing volcanic action. The planet earth is changing every single moment, and will do so for eternity or until something causes it to blow itself (which I doubt) up or some large solar impact plows into it. It would take something less the size of its own moon to completely destroy it. Then if it has any stability at all, it would repair itself---taking millions of years. But would it become a Mars, with but minute bits of life. Yes, the planet is growing with too many people and emissions of gases created by man. Something has to give, and my short novel should be exhausted. Man may destroy themselves, but beyond anything else---the earth will likely continue.
The Captain 8th February 2005	Sorry about the two I just sent that are the same. I found a typo in the first one (its self instead itself). Thank you if you print it. Thank you if you do not. Enjoy---- :>)
Mohammed 3rd March 2005	We need accept without question that the Tsunami was not caused by humans. It was caused by god.
James 10th March 2005	My dear -- God does not cause tsunami. FACT.
Martin 14th March 2005	God causing a tsunami? Mohammed... Let me tell you: your God as well as my God (who is the Same one anyway) has said: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhoood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done." This is history from BEFORE Abraham, who is the forefather of the Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
Mike Roch 29th March 2005	I think these tsunamis are punishments for the wrong doings of the people of the world
Jamie 23rd April 2005	Thanks for the chart!
Ty 25th July 2005	This hasnt been the only disaster the earth has felt~! There's been many catastrophes throughout Earths history with higher death tolls,the Tangshan Earthquake for example had 500,000 deaths and influenza killed around 25 million~!Of course its only human to suggest a power above us caused it~! Those catastrophes brought up the same question about the end when they ocurred hundreds of years ago but with time the fear and questioning the end faded as it is doing currently~!
anna 30th August 2005	God did not cause the tsunami. I agree with everyone who has said this. I'm not saying i dont believe in him, but i dont believe he would do this. It's just general knowledge. Sry but thats the truth. What cause the tsunami was an earthquake that was caused by 2 earth plates that connected and the force snapped them. So if that is what caused the Tsunami, then god didnt.
Ryan 20th October 2005	Why blame God for creating the Tsunami? Obviously he has a perfect reasoning for it.
bob 7th November 2005	Problems caused by them:
Opelo Ngidi 17th November 2005	i believe that god had a reason to do so. he just wrapped his arms around our loved ones and chose them to be his angels.
TOuseef 16th February 2006	Why the recent Earthquake in South-Asia is not listed here in which death toll was around 1 million people.

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