55,000 Dead in Indonesia. So Far.

That's more than the entire population of San Luis Obispo-Atascadero, California AND Silver City, New Mexico COMBINED...

Or all the citizens of Petaluma, California

or Flagstaff, Arizona

or Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

55,000 -- the number of Colorado names registered multiple times to vote in the 2004 election (source: http://www.collegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/26/417ddcbd20417)

Every single person in Santa Cruz, California, or

Charleston, West Virginia.

The death toll in Indonesia (as of 12:00 a.m. 29 December)

is equal to The United States military casualties of World War One

(Source: http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat1.htm)

That's equal to all the folks who live in Jackson, Tennessee,

or South Gate, California, or Niagara Falls, New York.

Equal to the AOL Arena seating capacity.

The entire City of Pleasanton, California or St. Charles, Missouri.

The entire daytime work population of San Leandro, California.

The number of Americans that may have died as a result of taking the drug Vioxx.
(source: http://nodvin.net/blog/index.php?p=43)

All the Bulgarian military and civilians casualties during World War II

+

All the Australian military and civilian casualties during World War II
(http://www.warchronicle.com/numbers/WWII/deaths.htm)

The entire stadium capacity of the Amsterdam ArenA in Holland.