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9,000 Children died when 32 schools collapsed. Behind the woman in the photo, holding a photograph of her daughter, is her daughter's school.

Missing: 18,618

Known Dead: 68,858

Injured: 366,586

Residences Destroyed: 420,000

Persons Without Shelter: 15,000,000

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Another 190,000 are directly imperiled by a Jonestown-in-waiting. The PLA is digging a relief canal, by hand.

Posted by EBW on May 31, 2008 01:06 AM |

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Did you mean the Johnstown (PA) flood? When I think of Jonestown, I think of all those people drinking cyanide-laced koolaid. Either way, it is awful.

[what a wonderful collision of metaphore! as it happens, there's a lot of toxins in the pending flood due to the immersion of riverside chem plants. ebw]

Posted by: Ray | May 31, 2008 06:15 PM

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