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user-inactivated · 4119 days ago · link · · parent · post: Super Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines death toll soars.
10000. Fuck. The deadliest hurricane in the history of the United States is estimated to have killed about that many, maybe less ... over its entire duration. And that was a hundred years ago. Katrina didn't even kill 2000. The infrastructure differences are understated and as usual taken for granted. When the worst problem you have during a hurricane is finding gas, you know you live in the US.