Which one do you think was more devastating?

[DeepBlueSea]

Hurricane Frances or the terrorists in Russia?

[The_Q]

RE: Which one do you think was more devastating?

Depends. What were the casualties and incomes and potential earnings of those casualties?

Q

[Omeganitros]

RE: Which one do you think was more devastating?

Key word being "devastation," I guess Terrorists.

[AniamL]

Depends on how you define devastating. There's devastating to one's mind or emotions, and then there's a devastating that entails a sheer sense of power. The terrorists obviously displayed more "emotional devastation", because people who live on the east coast expect natural disasters (of course it's devastating having your house get destroyed by a hurricane, but it's just not the same thing). I'm kind of tired now so I might not be making sense, but I hope you can catch my drift.

[natashabu]

Russia

[dinnerroll]

Russia, the stupid little sputnicks

[lightdarkness]

This proves an interesting question.

The hurricane, destory'd many homes, cost insureance companies billions of dollars, and left many people homeless, and overall, hurt the local economy.

In russia, there was loss of life.

It's a very tough decission, and i'm afraid I can't make one.

[flipmaster99]

There was loss of life in the hurricane as well. However, the nature of how the lives were lost is the deciding factor in my opinion. Therefore, Russia was more devastating.

[jazzmosis]

Terrorists in Russia.

Hurricanes happen generally at this time of year, in generally the same area (Florida, southern east coast) - if you live there, you have to be an idiot to not expect them.

In Russia, they aren't used to random terrorist attacks - in fact, no one anywhere is. The fact that they are are sporatic and usually used as a protest is what makes it more devistating. It's people harming people, as opposed to wind, earth rotation, and ocean patterns re-occuring annually.

[GuidoHunter]

Devastating to what, though? To the hope of peace in Russia and the thought of a world without terrorism? Russia. To the idea of living comfortably and independently for a much larger group of people? Frances.

I suppose it does comes down to what you think is more important/valuable.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[shevic9000]

Frences...by far!

[jewpinthethird]

TERRORISTS IN RUSSIA.

SERIOUSLY. HOW ANYONE COULD THINK OTHERWISE MAKES ME WANT TO DIG A KNIFE DEEP INTO MY GUT AND HANG MYSELF WITH MY INTESTINES.

...which ended in gunfire and explosions that killed more than 350 people, many of them children.

Security officials have identified six of the militants who seized a school in southern Russia as Chechens...

- http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3477338

Jesus Flipping Christ, we Americans are so flipping mental about TERRORISM yet we do nothing but sit on our asses when it happens to another country...unless there is oil involved, THEN WE WILL INVADE YOUR FUCKING COUNTRY AND FUCK IT UP WORSE THEN EVER! HELL, WE'LL EVEN MAKE UP FAKE FUCKING EXCUSES TO DO IT!

[The_Q]

Whoa...calm down Jewpin. It's not as crazy as you'd think. We in the US are just getting used to terrorism. Everywhere else is pretty used to it.

Now, which will cost us more? The people who lost everything in the hurricane are motivated to win it all back. Most of them get huge settlements from insurance. Russians lost family and friends, the people who died can't make money or produce useful things for us. The family and friends of the victims will mourn and become unproductive. Some may commit suicide in their mourning, thus starting a chain.

If you ask me, the numbers say Russia. Especially since every dollar it loses is a huge loss (NOT talking about the exchange, talking about their economy).

Q

EDIT: And please watch the Caps. I only use it because I'm to lazy to get Bold or Italics working for emphasis. Myeh...

[GuidoHunter]

jewpin, nobody ever suggested that what happened in Russia wasn't more horrible than a hurricane. What happened in Russia was the greater atrocity, but this is a discussion on devastation. The way I see it, the hurricane was more devastating than the terrorism. Find a different, more appropriate adjective for what happened in Russia, and I'll be glad to agree, but when I, personally, think of devastation, I think more of what happened with Frances.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[aperson]

Russia... It has much more resounding political reprocussions.