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To: i-node who wrote (603956)	3/16/2011 9:15:18 PM
From: TopCat	Respond to of 1575214

"When it comes to ratings, all the cable networks are the same -- they'll do ANYTHING." Yes and if there was a really dangerous situation over there right now, the talking heads would have gotten out of Dodge already.

To: i-node who wrote (603956)	3/22/2011 1:27:50 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575214

Also "the single deadliest power generation disaster isn't Chernobyl but the 1975 Shimantan/Banqiao dam failure, by several orders of magnitude." southbend7.blogspot.com Casualties According to the Hydrology Department of Henan Province,[5] in the province, approximately 26,000 people died from flooding and another 145,000 died during subsequent epidemics and famine. In addition, about 5,960,000 buildings collapsed, and 11 million residents were affected. Unofficial estimates of the number of people killed by the disaster have run as high as 230,000 people.[6] The death toll of this disaster was declassified in 2005.[1] secure.wikimedia.org