August 31, 2005 11:04 AM PDT

Quote of the day: 'Looks like Hiroshima'

Describing parts of Harrison County, Miss., which includes cities hit hard by Hurricane Katrina's Gulf Coast rampage, Gov. Haley Barbour said, "It looks like Hiroshima," according to a Bloomberg news report.

As much as 80 percent of New Orleans is underwater, and as many as 100 people have died in what is expected to be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, the story said.

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Riiiiiiight
200 people...200,000 people...same thing
Posted by (4 comments )
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not quite....
80,000, not 200,000....

And yes, New Orleans casualties probably won't go past 10,000.

But in the scope of physical damage, Hiroshima is small potatoes
compared to Katrina's damage.
Posted by Earl Benser (4342 comments )
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Riiiiiiight
200 people...200,000 people...same thing
Posted by (4 comments )
Reply Link Flag
not quite....
80,000, not 200,000....

And yes, New Orleans casualties probably won't go past 10,000.

But in the scope of physical damage, Hiroshima is small potatoes
compared to Katrina's damage.
Posted by Earl Benser (4342 comments )
Link Flag
Riiiiiiight
200 people...200,000 people...same thing
Posted by (4 comments )
Reply Link Flag
not quite....
80,000, not 200,000....

And yes, New Orleans casualties probably won't go past 10,000.

But in the scope of physical damage, Hiroshima is small potatoes
compared to Katrina's damage.
Posted by Earl Benser (4342 comments )
Link Flag
Riiiiiiight
200 people...200,000 people...same thing
Posted by (4 comments )
Reply Link Flag
not quite....
80,000, not 200,000....

And yes, New Orleans casualties probably won't go past 10,000.

But in the scope of physical damage, Hiroshima is small potatoes
compared to Katrina's damage.
Posted by Earl Benser (4342 comments )
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Exactly
Its nothing unusual that your own problems feel as the worst ones, but this is an insult to the inquiry for Japanese. Should have put this person in Hiroshima after the bombs were dropped, to check it out how it ACTUALLY felt in Hiroshima&!
Posted by (11 comments )
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Afterwards...
... Hiroshima was just a bombed city. Tokyo had greater
destruction, more casualties, more injured from a single firebomb
raid - it just took 1000 B-29's not just 1.

War is definitely hell, especially for those who start it.

Maybe you should get more upset about how the Japanese
government seems to think that their invasions of Korea, China,
and other SE Asian countries were just casual tourist trips.
Posted by Earl Benser (4342 comments )
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Exactly
Its nothing unusual that your own problems feel as the worst ones, but this is an insult to the inquiry for Japanese. Should have put this person in Hiroshima after the bombs were dropped, to check it out how it ACTUALLY felt in Hiroshima&!
Posted by (11 comments )
Reply Link Flag
Afterwards...
... Hiroshima was just a bombed city. Tokyo had greater
destruction, more casualties, more injured from a single firebomb
raid - it just took 1000 B-29's not just 1.

War is definitely hell, especially for those who start it.

Maybe you should get more upset about how the Japanese
government seems to think that their invasions of Korea, China,
and other SE Asian countries were just casual tourist trips.
Posted by Earl Benser (4342 comments )
Link Flag
Exactly
Its nothing unusual that your own problems feel as the worst ones, but this is an insult to the inquiry for Japanese. Should have put this person in Hiroshima after the bombs were dropped, to check it out how it ACTUALLY felt in Hiroshima&!
Posted by (11 comments )
Reply Link Flag
Afterwards...
... Hiroshima was just a bombed city. Tokyo had greater
destruction, more casualties, more injured from a single firebomb
raid - it just took 1000 B-29's not just 1.

War is definitely hell, especially for those who start it.

Maybe you should get more upset about how the Japanese
government seems to think that their invasions of Korea, China,
and other SE Asian countries were just casual tourist trips.
Posted by Earl Benser (4342 comments )
Link Flag
Exactly
Its nothing unusual that your own problems feel as the worst ones, but this is an insult to the inquiry for Japanese. Should have put this person in Hiroshima after the bombs were dropped, to check it out how it ACTUALLY felt in Hiroshima&!
Posted by (11 comments )
Reply Link Flag
Afterwards...
... Hiroshima was just a bombed city. Tokyo had greater
destruction, more casualties, more injured from a single firebomb
raid - it just took 1000 B-29's not just 1.

War is definitely hell, especially for those who start it.

Maybe you should get more upset about how the Japanese
government seems to think that their invasions of Korea, China,
and other SE Asian countries were just casual tourist trips.
Posted by Earl Benser (4342 comments )
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Insult
Comparing Hiroshima or Tsunami losses to 100 is insulting.
Posted by Goose (93 comments )
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Insult
Comparing Hiroshima or Tsunami losses to 100 is insulting.
Posted by Goose (93 comments )
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Insult
Comparing Hiroshima or Tsunami losses to 100 is insulting.
Posted by Goose (93 comments )
Reply Link Flag
Insult
Comparing Hiroshima or Tsunami losses to 100 is insulting.
Posted by Goose (93 comments )
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