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What's the worst disaster ever?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Batman, Sep 4, 2007.

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What's the worst natural or man-made disaster in history?

  1. Chernobyl meltdown (1986)

    1 vote(s)
    2.2%

  2. Hurricane Katrina (2005)

    3 vote(s)
    6.5%

  3. San Francisco earthquake (1906)

    1 vote(s)
    2.2%

  4. Hurricane Mitch (1998)

    1 vote(s)
    2.2%

  5. Mount Vesuvius eruption (79 A.D.)

    2 vote(s)
    4.3%

  6. 1918 Flu outbreak

    7 vote(s)
    15.2%

  7. Indian Ocean tsunami (2004)

    2 vote(s)
    4.3%

  8. Bhopal chemical leak (1980-something)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  9. Johnstown flood (1889)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  10. Galveston hurricane (1900)

    3 vote(s)
    6.5%

  11. Titanic sinks (1912)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  12. Michigan vs. Appalachian State (2007)

    9 vote(s)
    19.6%

  13. Bubonic plague (Europe, 1300s)

    13 vote(s)
    28.3%

  14. Hindenburg explodes (1936)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  15. Krakatoa (1883?)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  16. Other

    4 vote(s)
    8.7%
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  1. BRoth

    BRoth Member

    Reggie Miller's lookin' good ..


    BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE
     
    BRoth, Sep 4, 2007
    #37
  2. AgatePage

    AgatePage Active Member

    my junior prom has to be honorable mention.
     
    AgatePage, Sep 4, 2007
    #38
  3. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

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    Fenian_Bastard, Sep 4, 2007
    #39
  4. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    As a Democrat, I only used the blue font and the grin to be a wise-ass. Compared to the other disasters on the ballot, that pales in comparison (at least in the short term)
     
    EStreetJoe, Sep 4, 2007
    #40
  5. Melodious Thunk

    Melodious Thunk Member

    IG?s, bringing the Win Share statistic to the disaster thread. Nice.

    (By the way, I agree.)
     
    Melodious Thunk, Sep 4, 2007
    #41
  6. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    The final triumph of Bill James, Grim Reaper.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Sep 4, 2007
    #42
  7. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Isn't there some journalism school acorn about 50 dead Americans = 200 dead Europeans = 1,000 dead in South America and Africa = 5,000 in Asia?

    Maybe we should seed this thing like the Little League World Series?
     
    DanOregon, Sep 4, 2007
    #43
  8. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    Many years ago, my girlfriend and I drove from NJ to Vermont for a friend's wedding.
    It was kind of an on-again, off-again relationaship, and we were both looking at this trip as a chance to reconnect.
    The trip was awful, and the relationship came to a bitter end at the Molly Pitcher Rest Stop on the NJ Turnpike.
     
    Buck, Sep 4, 2007
    #44
  9. hockeybeat

    hockeybeat Guest

    Waterworld and Isiah Thomas' tenure as Knicks GM needs to make this list.
     
    hockeybeat, Sep 5, 2007
    #45
  10. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    The real answer is on here already, I think, but I'll throw in the Carter administration just to be fair and, um, balanced.
     
    HejiraHenry, Sep 5, 2007
    #46
  11. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Long term too... and I knew you were being a wise-ass. I, myself, have been accused of that once or twice. Sadly, in this case it's serious.
     
    slappy4428, Sep 5, 2007
    #47
  12. NoOneLikesUs

    NoOneLikesUs Active Member

    For the sheer stupidity of all involved, I'm going with the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster as a top man-made disaster.

    Sure, just about 100 people died, but it was a fucking slaughter. Those poor people had no chance. The more I read about this event, the angrier I get - and I'm not even British.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster
     
    NoOneLikesUs, Sep 5, 2007
    #48
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