Saturday, February 05, 2005

Indonesia's tsunami death toll reaches 238,892 or 238,945

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/03/content_2544195.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1296219.htm

Bodies are still being recovered each day in Indonesia.

How many IS 239,000?

More than the entire population of Fuji, Japan

All of Hallifax PLUS Thunder Bay, Canada

The population of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The number of worldwide employees of Royal Philips Electronics (parent group of Magnavox, etc.)

The population of Lexington, Kentucky

The entire Chinese American population of the five boroughs that comprise New York City OR 3.3% of the population of NYC

Nassau, Bahamas + 60,000 more

The entire population of Western Thrace

The entire population of Nakuru, the fourth largest town in Kenya

The entire female population of Tasmania

All of New Mexico's registered Latino voters

The entire population of Belize

Every student in Jiangsu Province, China

San Rafael, Argentina...twice over

Total employees of all women-run businesses in the State of Alabama

HolguĂ­n, Cuba -- every man, woman and child

All the people employed in restaurants and cafes in Australia in the November quarter of 2003

Everyone in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Everyone employed in the hotel industry in Canada

All of Aqtobe, Kazakhstan

More than the entire population of San Fernando, Philippines

Ensenada, Mexico PLUS 4,000 more

Population of Baton Rouge, Louisiana PLUS 10,000

Augusta-Richmond, Plus 30,000

Every individual who was employed in Glasgow City, Scotland in 2002

Mobile, Alabama PLUS 38,000

The number of Americans who've been diagnosed with the serious autoimmune disorder, Lupus

The number of employees worldwide for General Electric





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