Storms kill scores in Alabama and other south US states

Fenris said:
Note to self - Never live somewhere that is known to be a hurricane, tonado and tropical storm hotspot.

Truly insane damage, it looks like a giant hand has just flattened the place. RIP to those lost.
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If it was an Idyllic place to live (I doubt it was but I digress) then I'd be building a house out of reinforced concrete and ****ing lots of it!

Bring it on Aeolus, give it your best shot you chump.
 
kwerk said:
I looked up the numbers and there have been more people killed by earthquakes in the last 10 years than in the previous 40 years. So it's not just increased news reports.

1960-2000: 637,762 deaths
2001+: 714,635 deaths

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/world_deaths.php
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shouldn't you be looking at the number of major earthquakes not deaths ?


as there are a lot more people living in denser groups now than in the 60's.....
 
kwerk said:
I looked up the numbers and there have been more people killed by earthquakes in the last 10 years than in the previous 40 years. So it's not just increased news reports.

1960-2000: 637,762 deaths
2001+: 714,635 deaths

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/world_deaths.php
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There were 3,000,000,000 people in 1960 and there's 6,800,000,000 now.

Not to mention populations have changed dramatically in how they're structured, people tend to live in much higher density which puts them at greater risk.
 
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from the same site

Are Earthquakes Really on the Increase?

We continue to be asked by many people throughout the world if earthquakes are on the increase. Although it may seem that we are having more earthquakes, earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have remained fairly constant.

A partial explanation may lie in the fact that in the last twenty years, we have definitely had an increase in the number of earthquakes we have been able to locate each year. This is because of the tremendous increase in the number of seismograph stations in the world and the many improvements in global communications. In 1931, there were about 350 stations operating in the world; today, there are more than 8,000 stations and the data now comes in rapidly from these stations by electronic mail, internet and satellite. This increase in the number of stations and the more timely receipt of data has allowed us and other seismological centers to locate earthquakes more rapidly and to locate many small earthquakes which were undetected in earlier years. The NEIC now locates about 20,000 earthquakes each year or approximately 50 per day. Also, because of the improvements in communications and the increased interest in the environment and natural disasters, the public now learns about more earthquakes.

According to long-term records (since about 1900), we expect about 17 major earthquakes (7.0 - 7.9) and one great earthquake (8.0 or above) in any given year.
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kwerk said:
I looked up the numbers and there have been more people killed by earthquakes in the last 10 years than in the previous 50 years. So it's not just increased news reports.

1950-2000: 644,938 deaths
2001+: 714,635 deaths

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/world_deaths.php

ETA: actually 50 years.
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Now let's go pre 1900s and see how in a single event in 1556, people have died in greater numbers then any of those statistics you've posted. 800k in China.
 
kwerk said:
I looked up the numbers and there have been more people killed by earthquakes in the last 10 years than in the previous 50 years. So it's not just increased news reports.

1950-2000: 644,938 deaths
2001+: 714,635 deaths

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/world_deaths.php

ETA: actually 50 years.
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I'd suggest doing an Open University course in statistics. You really don't seem to understand such basics as population growth, distribution, and so on...

Never mind having any understanding of tectonics.
 
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@ Kwerk ; You make it sound like earthquakes aren't random and will always hit large populace areas to fit some sort of statistic to point at and say "It's getting worse".
 
LordSplodge said:
Your getting warmer. Now just think about the figures a little more... :D
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haha, well I'm going to stay an exponential growth ~proportional with population increase but anomalies due to events such as the 1970 bhola cylone (cheers wikipedia)

I also noticed in 1941 2.5million died from drought in china, the figures are a little out,
 
Just found out today that my cousin who emigrated to Georgia a few years back was hit by one of these buggers. Took the roof of her house and one wall. Thankfuly her and her family are OK but they found her elderly neighbor who wasnt as lucky.
 
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