...the death toll now stands at 85, but is expected to rise into the hundreds as the army and police are brought in...
Macabre - on so many levels.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Say that again
Heard on the news (while reporting on the devastation in Bangladesh due to global warming mudslides):
Macabre - on so many levels.
Macabre - on so many levels.
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How many times does this have to happen?
You left an absolutely fantastic comment for me the other day. I just posted about it. I wanted to let you know. Let me know if you object!
http://thezenofmotherhood.blogspot.com/2007/06/bitch-theory.html
It bothers me that death tolls are reported like football scores.
I wish they would say something like Annie Dillard wrote after a flood in Bangladesh. I am just trying to remember her exact words, but here is the general impact:
"To understand how devestating it is to lose 39,000 people in a flood, take all your own complicated fears and sadness and loss, then multiply it by 39,000."
It's hard to picture disasters like this on that scale.
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