Comments | pesalian: some figures

pesalian

some figures

Dec 29, 2004 18:42

There have almost been as many deaths from the tsunami as from all conflicts in history.

65 children sponsored by Australian families through World Vision were killed in Thailand.

Comments 5

tennille December 29 2004, 11:33:55 UTC

that's the 65 that they know of.

pesalian December 29 2004, 13:06:43 UTC

Yes, 65 to date, I was getting to that when my PC decided to have one of those most timely spasms.

arcticturtle December 29 2004, 14:23:47 UTC

Hold on... 55 million in WWII, 20 million in WWI... ?

pesalian December 29 2004, 14:36:05 UTC

I thought that sounded wrong too but as I explained to T (I'm surprised that she didn't pick up on that one too!)above... then my computer died.

What you now see as this entry was raw thoughts waiting for me to gather more information on the actual facts.

arcticturtle December 29 2004, 17:11:38 UTC

I'd believe "as many deaths from the tsunami as Australian deaths from all conflicts in history." A quick Google look says 18,000 in WWII, 8,100 at Gallipoli... so that's probably right.

Anyway... not to be a fussy statistician. The tsunami arrived at the same time as my holiday bonus. What do you know.