New Talking Point: Biggest Disaster in U.S. History

[berni_mccoy]

Now they are saying that no other administration has had such a challenge to face, and they are doing the best they can.

UN-F*****G-Believable!

WTF was WWI, WWII? Those were difficult challenges?

WTF was the Great Depression? That wasn't a challenge?

WTF was the Civil War? That wasn't a challenge?

WTF was the Revolutionary War? That wasn't a challenge? (o.k., technically, we weren't the U.S. then...).

Don't let them get away with this.

They couldn't imagine a terrorist attack that would be as devastating as the levee breach in N.O.?!?!?! WTF is HOMELAND SECURITY FOR?!?!? WHAT A CROCK OF BULL-SHIT!

[Duer 157099]

1. It's ok, just show them this:

(courtesy of another post somewhere)

[tilsammans]

4. LOL!

Great pic!

[JackintheGreen]

7. Thanks

I have a new desktop BG now

[DoBotherMe]

2. How are they defining the biggest?

Is it the biggest because of loss of life and property? If that's the metric, then it wasn't the storm that caused the majority of the loss rather it was the failure to mitigate it. And that is a manmade disaster not a natural disaster. The spin is disgusting. D ; )

[Supersedeas]

3. worst natural disaster -- they will pound that one too. Accountability?

That word -- they don't use too much.

[Extend a Hand]

5. I think we should all start

appending the word 'propaganda' to the phrase talking point.

[berni_mccoy]

6. What about the SF Quake of 1906

Check it out:

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/1906/casualties.html

Dead - More than 3,000
A report of U.S. Army relief operations (Greely, 1906) recorded:
498 deaths in San Francisco
64 deaths in Santa Rosa
102 deaths in and near San Jose
A 1972 NOAA report suggested that 700-800 was a reasonable figure.
Gladys Hansen and Emmet Condon, after extensive research, estimated that over 3000 deaths were caused directly or indirectly by the catastrophe. The population of San Francisco at the time was about 400,000.
Homeless - 225,000
225,000 from a population of about 400,000. (photo) (photo) (photo)
Buildings Destroyed - 28,000
"The 3-day conflagration following the earthquake caused substantially more damage than did the earthquake. The area of the burned district covered 4.7 square mile..." (NOAA report). By one count:
Wood buildings lost = 24,671 (photo)
Brick buildings lost = 3,168 (photo) (photo)
Total buildings lost = 28,188 (photo) (photo) (photo)
Monetary Loss - More than $400 million
Estimated property damage (NOAA report): $400,000,000 in 1906 dollars from earthquake and fire, $80,000,000 from the earthquake alone. (photo) (photo) (photo)