Thankfully, however, this one didn't wreak near as much destruction, so we won't have to see humanitarian plight every time we turn on the tube. That is by far the worst part about disasters, disease, and celebrity deaths/scandals: I have to see/hear about it everywhere I go.
And before you say it, I'm not insensitive. I just don't care much for countries that deliberately made themselves poor through inane policy over the years. You can cite "building codes" all day long as a major factor in saving lives, but that's not necessarily true, because building codes keep marginal builders out of the market, possibly hurting a far greater number of people that don't have a natural disaster speaking up for them.
Have you noticed that H1N1 hype has just plummeted to nothingness? What happened to all of that? Kind of like every other potential plague... false alarm. This is why I don't take media hype seriously, even when it involves tsunamis and food poisoning. It never materializes like the professionals say it will.
And I was looking forward to having only 49 states. One step closer to smaller government, eh?
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