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Obviously a population explosion doesn't start hurricanes to form in the Carribbean, or natural floods in Bangladesh. But it does mean that when those things happen, they affect more people who are living in more densely populated areas. The days when a huge storm could develop, blow and dissipate without affecting a soul are long since gone. This explains how we can keep hearing about "worst-ever" disasters--if Jamaica or the coast of Texas are twice the population of what they were the last time a storm the size of Gilbert hit, then twice as many people will...
...fact that he had a half year's work as a sophomore was very, very critical," Restic says. "That doesn't happen to too many people, not in our system. But he did get the experience and built on it, and last year he just got it done...
...processing center we got a briefing from State Department officials on how we should act in Seoul and what we have to worry about when we're there. People have been worrying about what could happen in Seoul, but I'm not. There won't be any terrorism...
...really not concerned about what could happen there because Seoul is so pumped up to have...
Back in Washington both the Air Force, with its Thunderbirds flying team, and the Navy, with its Blue Angels, were quick to assert that a Ramstein-type catastrophe could not happen in the U.S. and to defend such demonstration flights. "I don't know that the risk is too high," said Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci. "We have crashes in training every day." In all, 22 Blue Angels have been killed in crashes since 1946, and 19 Thunderbirds since 1953. But with thousands of air shows since World War II, no spectators have died in accidents involving military teams...