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How many zeroes in a quadrillion? Ask Katrina victims

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by slappy4428, Jan 9, 2008.

  1. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22571349/?GT1=10755

    Katrina victim sues U.S. for $3 quadrillion
    Federal government hit with 489,000 damage claims after hurricane

    Katrina victim sues U.S. for $3 quadrillion

    updated 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
    NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering — including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion.

    The total number — $3,014,170,389,176,410 — is the dollar figure so far sought from some 489,000 claims filed against the federal government over damage from the failure of levees and flood walls following the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane.
     
  2. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Shouldn't the US Government turn around and sue god for causing the hurricane?
     
  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I always knew there were a lot of zeroes among Katrina victims...

    ;D
     
  4. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    Wow, Mizzou, that's awful.

    Just terrible.
     
  5. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Dammit! I knew I shouldn't have stopped at a bajillion.
     
  6. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    BWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    You're going to hell for that. And so am I for laughing.
     
  7. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    Can I top it with a joke about dead people?
     
  8. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    So without looking up the answers (cheaters) what comes after a quadrillion?







    Quintillion
    Sextillion
    Septillion
    Octillion
    Nonillion

    I knew all of those from some silly-assed junior high class. Why I've retained it is beyond me.
     
  9. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I didn't see the humor. Maybe I was looking at it wrong.
     
  10. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Was the plaintiff wearing a vomit-stained Fubu shirt?
     
  11. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    You were... :D
     
  12. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    Ace, where are you sitting? That may be part of the problem.
     
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