Pompeii Fatalities
 

How many people perished when the Mt. Vesusius volcanic eruption destroyed Pompeii centuries ago? I'm curious how it would compare to the tsunami catastrophe that just happened.

Re: Pompeii Fatalities
 

why not compare it to Krakatoau(sp)?

Re: Pompeii Fatalities
 

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How many people perished when the Mt. Vesusius volcanic eruption destroyed Pompeii centuries ago? I'm curious how it would compare to the tsunami catastrophe that just happened.

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why not compare it to Krakatoau(sp)?

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Who cares? Would you cut your leg off to prevent either of these from having happened? That's the important question.
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Re: Pompeii Fatalities
 

Here is a link for a list of the world's worst natural disasters 'Natural Disasters' [the famine in nothern China in 1969-71 is called a natural disaster, this is something of a misnomer]

Also the current death toll from the recent tsunami may come close to the 1730 toll (137,000) for an earthquake in Japan, putting it near the top 10 in world disasters.

Here is a link for Pompeii (many also died at Herculaneum) with refernces and other links Pompeii. No figure is given for the number of deaths but I think it was in the ten's of thousands. Hard to know exactly anyway.

-Zeno

Re: Pompeii Fatalities
 

An Addendum: The figure on this current disaster could rise significantly if recent news reports are accurate that millions lack basic necessities to stay alive.

-Zeno

Mao Also Rises
 

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Here is a link for a list of the world's worst natural disasters ' Natural Disasters' [the famine in nothern China in 1969-71 is called a natural disaster, this is something of a misnomer]

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Well, Mao was something like a force of nature.

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Re: Mao Also Rises
 

o0. Zeno and Cyrus can actually agree on something politics-related.