Death Totals

I just read about Myanmar (Burma) and the f-off dicktators who won't let people help them, so we all started wondering how many people died in various disasters over the past few years, and I added some historical reference:

Total Number of Deaths:

Natural Disasters:

2004 Tsunami Indian Ocean - 225,000
2008 Cyclone Myanmar - 134,000
2008 Chinese Earthquake - >34,000
2005 Hurricane Katrina - 1836
1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake - 67
1980 Erruption of Mt. St. Helens -57

Human v. Human:

WWII - 72,000,000
WWI - >40,000,000
Vietnam War - 3,400,000
US Civil War - 618,000
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US Civilians in 911 - 2,752
US Troops in Iraq - 4,079
Iraqi Civilians - >1,000,000 and counting...- oh and no known connection to 911...

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Defense Spending 2007 - $548.8 billion (#2 at 19% of total)
Education Spending 2007 - $89.9 billion (#7 at 3.1% of total/16.4% of the Defense Spending)


WTF-Mate?