Yes, that *is* the difference. It was a hurricane and not a Tsunami.
Hurricanes have days of warnings associated with them. Tsunami's don't.
That's why it's not like one.
Aside: This is now my new definition of disaster. An event that can make rational people agree upon the exact same set of facts and yet come to diametrically opposed conclusions.
On the other hand, a disaster is a disaster, no matter the scale. It's just as bad for the residents of New Orleans/Biloxi as it was for the Indonesians.
I don't want anything compared to the Holocaust unless it's really a Holocaust. And when I think that would be a fair comparison, I'm sure that the people who actually went through it will probably say, "Oh no...this was worse because of differences X, Y and Z "and probably take exception to something they don't perceive was as bad.
The things are not the same, even if they are similar.
Tragedies like this are invariably uniquely bad. Nobody should ever say "Me Too" when it comes one.
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Hurricanes have days of warnings associated with them. Tsunami's don't.
That's why it's not like one.
Aside: This is now my new definition of disaster. An event that can make rational people agree upon the exact same set of facts and yet come to diametrically opposed conclusions.
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and Sri Lankans
and Indians
and Burmese
I suspect the Jew in me is what is bothered here.
I don't want anything compared to the Holocaust unless it's really a Holocaust. And when I think that would be a fair comparison, I'm sure that the people who actually went through it will probably say, "Oh no...this was worse because of differences X, Y and Z "and probably take exception to something they don't perceive was as bad.
The things are not the same, even if they are similar.
Tragedies like this are invariably uniquely bad. Nobody should ever say "Me Too" when it comes one.