Jeanne Death Toll Rises

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Jeanne Death Toll Rises

#1 Postby recmod » Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:43 pm

The Associated Press reports that at least 90 people have been killed by Jeanne...with the death toll expected to rise:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6004150/

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#2 Postby DoctorHurricane2003 » Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:47 pm

Yikes maybe we should start thinking of replacement names for Jeanne...

Looks like Ivan and Jeanne like hanging out with each other every year.
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#3 Postby Anonymous » Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:07 pm

Jeanne-Julie
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Re: Jeanne Death Toll Rises

#4 Postby Windy » Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:12 pm

Third world countries + tropical systems never mix very well. Hati's the kind of place that, were it hit by a major storm, would probably lose thousands of people.
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Re: Jeanne Death Toll Rises

#5 Postby AussieMark » Mon Sep 20, 2004 2:07 am

Windy wrote:Third world countries + tropical systems never mix very well. Hati's the kind of place that, were it hit by a major storm, would probably lose thousands of people.


it has happened before

in 1963 Flora killed at least 6,000 between Haiti and Cuba
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#6 Postby LAwxrgal » Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:37 am

^ There was a tropical system that wasn't even a depression that killed a lot of people this year in this same general area.
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#7 Postby AussieMark » Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:02 am

LAwxrgal wrote:^ There was a tropical system that wasn't even a depression that killed a lot of people this year in this same general area.


I heard as least 3,000
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#8 Postby Hyperstorm » Mon Sep 20, 2004 7:16 am

Unfortunately, I really doubt Jeanne will be retired for causing 90 deaths in Haiti.

1994's Hurricane Gordon can tell you...
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#9 Postby Brent » Mon Sep 20, 2004 8:22 am

If every name that killed 100 people in a poor country like Hispanola was retired, we'd run out of names.
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