Further research indicates that some of the highest death tolls from natural disaster are from earthquakes.
Also, China has had some incredibly deathy wars. More than a few with between 10 and 20 million dead.
If you want me to leave, you can put your hands on my hot, tight little body and make me.
Spike ,'Get It Done'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2010 8:20:51 am PST #1255 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
msbelle - Jan 13, 2010 8:25:09 am PST #1256 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am not sure what sort of mis-firing is going on in my head, but I almost just responded to someone with "if you can smell what the rock is cookin'" RANDOM and now Jump Around is stuck in my head.
Strega - Jan 13, 2010 8:25:24 am PST #1257 of 30001
DWB/MSF teleconference:
We have altogether around 800 medical staff working in Haiti. Thirty of those are international. We're currently putting rapid response plans into place based out of North America and out of Europe to have another 70 international staff available over the next few days with specialties to be able to respond to these more immediate emergency medical needs. Likewise, we're prepared now and have prepared freight, including an emergency inflatable hospital so we can set up exactly those services we're currently missing.Teams are basically managing what comes to them. There's very little possibility to get out and do more than that at the moment. Already teams are getting overwhelmed. We're strongly identified in Haiti with emergency medical care — even our coordination offices are becoming centers of influx for people in neighborhoods with severe trauma wounds. So even in our capital offices where we're trying to maintain contact with our teams they're struggling to manage quite high case loads of patients seeking medical care.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2010 8:26:32 am PST #1258 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and now Jump Around is stuck in my head.
Did you put your pants on backwards?
Huh. I didn't even know about Limnic Eruptions (sudden eruptions of CO2 from lakes that asphyxiate everything nearby).
msbelle - Jan 13, 2010 8:29:36 am PST #1259 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
House of Pain, not Kris Kross. I'm pretty sure Everlast did not wear his clothes backwards.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 13, 2010 8:31:46 am PST #1260 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The news about Haiti just gets more horrifying. And as Hec said, it's a country that really didn't need any additional misery.
I would like to give Extras a shot, for the guest stars.
The Danielle Radcliffe episode is priceless. By far the best performance I've seen him give.
Polter-Cow - Jan 13, 2010 8:31:56 am PST #1261 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
House of Pain, not Kris Kross. I'm pretty sure Everlast did not wear his clothes backwards.
But he served your ass like John McEnroe.
Jesse - Jan 13, 2010 8:33:15 am PST #1262 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I had a weird episode of Jump Around in my head recently, too! Huh.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2010 8:36:58 am PST #1263 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can barely process the Haiti scope. PMM linked to this list of news and donation resources on LJ.
I didn't even know about Limnic Eruptions
I just read about one of those yesterday and I don't remember where--where did you see it?
DavidS - Jan 13, 2010 8:37:41 am PST #1264 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't remember where--where did you see it?
Wikipedia.