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Tsunami Satellite Images

Posted by samzenpus on from the wow dept.

JakeisBland writes "Here is a collection of before/after satellite pictures of the devastation in Asia due to the tsunami/earthquake."

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  1. Re:Don't get me wrong, but.. by Kiryat+Malachi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Humans caused 9/11.

    The damage here is worse, sure, but in the end, this is the sort of thing that we had nothing to do with, something that (given current technology) we can do nothing to prevent, only to try to mitigate.

    Was this *event* worse than 9/11? (That's a different question from asking if the damage was worse). Well, that's like asking if its worse when a landslide kills 25 hikers or when a crazy person kills 2 people at a gas station. The events have to be considered in different lights. You can't compare apples to oranges, Macs to PCs, WinME to FreeBSD... and you can't compare massive devastation from natural disasters to massive devastation from acts of terrorism.

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  2. do we know what actually caused this? by johnelin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i mean, is it just part of the natural cycle... a random event, global warming... what is it?

    1. Re:do we know what actually caused this? by localman · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Could we drop the political agenda for a moment out of respect for the dead and suffering? I hadn't heard a whisper of blame on either of those issues until I read your comment. Let it go.