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Originally Posted by Shpoop
Let's assume that the death toll rises to approximately 200,000, which is a reasonable guess. A generally accepted lower-end estimation of the death toll of World War II is 55 million. The tsunami is about 1/275th as large, or 0.36% as large as World War II.
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I see this example being brought up all the time. My gripe with it is that World War II lasted for six years, while the tsunami did its job in a few seconds. I don't think it's a valid comparison. The only comparable man made weapon, capable of delivering such destruction in such a short span of time, is an atomic or nuclear bomb. But I'd agree with the notion that humans are worse.