Irene is getting up there in casualties

[nadinbrzezinski]

sadly...

Right now they are at up to 40 dead... (They expect more)

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001443.html

I see from that list that this is not such a small number... in fact it seems to be the low average.

Among the heavy casualties

1965
Aug. 27–Sept. 12, southern Fla. and La.: “Betsy” killed 75 and cost more than $1.4 ($8.5) billion.
1969
Aug. 14–22, Miss., La., Ala., Va., and W. Va.: 256 killed as a result of “Camille.” Damages estimated at $1.4 ($6.9) billion.


1972
June 14–23, northwest Fla. to N.Y.: “Agnes” caused widespread flash floods killing 117 (50 in Pa). Damages estimated at over $2.1 ($8.6) billion. Still the worst natural disaster ever in Pa.



Sept. 14–18, Bahamas to New England: “Floyd” and associated flooding caused at least 57 deaths. Damage estimated at $4.5 ($4.6) billion.
2001
June 8–15, Gulf Coast to southern New England: tropical storm “Allison” caused severe flooding, damage estimated at $5 billion (actual cost); 41 deaths.

2003
Sept. 18, N.C. and Va.: “Isabel” took 50 lives and caused more than $3.7 billion in damage.
2004
Aug. 13–Sept. 26, Fla., Ala., and southern U.S.: Four major hurricanes hit Fla. in 6 weeks. “Charley,” on Aug. 13, a Category 4 hurricane, killed 34; “Frances,” on Sept. 5, killed 48. “Ivan” swept from Grenada to Ala. and Fla. on Sept. 16, killing 57 in the U.S. and 66 in the Caribbean. “Jeanne,” on Sept. 26, flooded Fla. again, killing 28. Total U.S. damages from the 4 hurricanes estimated to exceed $35 billion.



And lets not forget Katrina

2005
Aug. 25–Aug. 30, Fla., Miss., and La.: “Katrina” hit southern Fla. on Aug. 25th and on Aug. 29th slammed the Gulf Coast with 127 mph winds and major storm surges, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and causing massive flooding in Miss., Ala., and New Orleans where the levees failed. The death toll was c. 1,800, with 1,464 of those in La. “Katrina” was among the most devastating of U.S. hurricanes with damages estimated at $100 billion.


Yes Irene will join this list, and I hope it STAYS at 40... they expect more, but god damnit I hope it stays at FORTY.

One is too many as is.

[NYC_SKP]

1. See also this link and list:

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/usdeadly.asp

Deadliest U.S. Hurricanes

The 30 Deadliest Tropical Cyclones for the U.S. Mainland

National Hurricane Center Publication: The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492 - Present

Rank Name . . . Year Category Deaths
1. Great Galveston Hurricane (TX) 1900 4 8000
2. FL (Lake Okeechobee) 1928 4 2500
3. Katrina (LA/MS/FL/GA/AL) 2005 3 1200
4. Cheniere Caminanda (LA) 1893 4 1100-1400
5. Sea Islands (SC/GA) 1893 3 1000-2000
6. GA/SC 1881 2 700
7. Audrey (SW LA/N TX) 1957 4 416
8. Great Labor Day Hurricane (FL Keys) 1935 5 408
9. Last Island (LA) 1856 4 400
10. Miami Hurricane (FL/MS/AL/Pensacola) 1926 4 372
11. LA (Grand Isle) 1909 4 350
12. FL (Keys)/S. TX 1919 4 287#
13.. LA (New Orleans) 1915 4 275
13. TX (Galveston) 1915 4 275
15. Camille (MS/LA) 1969 5 256
15.. New England 1938 3* 256
17. Diane (NE U.S.) 1955 1 184
18. GA, SC, NC 1898 4 179
19. TX 1875 3 176
20. SE FL 1906 2 164
21. Indianola (TX) 1886 4 150
22. MS/AL/Pensacola 1906 3 134
23. FL, GA, SC 1896 3 130
24. Agnes (NE U.S.) 1972 1 122
25. Hazel (SC/NC) 1954 4* 95
26. Betsy (SE FL/SE LA) 1965 3 75
27. Great Atlantic Hurricane 1944 3* 64@
28. Carol (NE U.S.) 1954 3* 60
29. Floyd (NC) 1999 4 56
30. NC 1883 2 53

:patriot:

[Broderick]

2. Number 4 is now Irene.

Cause someone says so, so therefore it is.

[pintobean]

3. Well played

The other one is sarcasm, but I suspect you know that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Will join the list

not a good thing.

[Vodid]

5. Phony Reporting; Irene deaths...

I live in New Orleans. Katrina was real deaths. But to attribute a traffic accident because of wet streets to a death from the storm Irene...cmon; and that's what they've done...ridiculous. How about this...a guy had a heart attack putting up the plywood over his windows...and that's included in these so-called Irene deaths. That guy was gonna have a heart attack, Irene was just the first really stressful situation he'd encountered. It could've been anything...a family dispute, lifting a bag of concrete, anything. But his death is now attributed to Irene...jeez, the guy had a weak heart and it failed preparing for Irene...that's not really a casualty of Irene in my book.

How about we turn it around, and we use the nicest, most beautiful day of the year, and the media sez..."The most beautiful and dangerous day of the year...we had two heart attacks, a stroke, and two people fell off a ladder and were injured, and five people died in traffic accidents. Be careful out there, perhaps you should evacuate, because lots of folks are injured on the most beautiful day of the year..."

Maybe I'm turning into a pissed off old man...TURN OFF YOUR TV, and get off my lawn, (oh, I forgot, I don't have a lawn).










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