Re: The Moomins – One step away from being Satan's concubine
IF you really think it was god punishing them.. Can you explain the reason behind this..
1825: October 7: Miramichi Fire, Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick: burned 3 million acres, killed 160 people and left 15,000 homeless.
1865: April 27: Worst Ship Disaster: Riverboat Sultana, Mississippi River: Sultana's boiler exploded, engulfing the ship in flames; transporting 2,300 war-weary Union troops home, only 600 survived. More people died in the Sultana disaster than on the Titanic or the Lusitania.
1871: October 8: The Peshtigo Fire Wisconsin/Michigan: estimate at least 1,500 people dead - eight hundred died in Peshtigo, Wisconsin alone; the Peshtigo Fire killed more people than any fire to date, but was overshadowed at the time by the Great Chicago Fire, which began the same day. Estimiated 3.8 million acres burned.
1889: May 31st: The Johnstown Flood, Johnstown, Pensylvania: the result of several days of extremely heavy rainfall, exacerbated by the failure of the South Fork Dam; over 2,200 dead; over $17 million (USD) in damages.
1900: September 8: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane, Galveston, Texas: estimated winds of 135 miles per hour cat. 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.; extimated death toll between 6,000-12,000 Deaths; Deadliest hurricane to hit the United States.
1903: December 30: Iroquois Theater Fire, Chicago Illinois: The Iroquois Theater was supposedly fireproof - 602 dead
1904: June 15: General Slocum Paddleboat Fire, New York City, New York: 1,031 dead; a "floating fire trap"
1915: May 7: Sinking of the Lusitania, New York City, New York: departed from New York May 1st for Liverpool, carrying 1959 passengers; torpedoed by German U-boat; 1,200 dead
1915: July 24: Excursion Steamer Eastland, Chicago, Illinois: Eastland Disaster "reputation for being top-heavy and had at several times in the past been reported as listing in an alarming way"; rolled over while still in port with 2,572 persons on board; 844 perished--making this Chicago's worst single disaster.
1918: March - November: Spanish influenza , Nationwide: outbreak of Spanish influenza killed over 500,000 people in the worst single U.S. epidemic.
1958: December 1: Our Lady of Angels School Fire, Chicago, Illinois: fire in a Catholic elementary school; 92 children and three nuns parished; To Sleep with the Angels : A Story of a Fire
1996: May 11: ValuJet Airlines DC9-32, near Miami, Florida: fire in the cargo caused this plane to crash into the Florida Everglades about 15 miles from the airport; 105 passengers and five crew members were killed
1996: July 17: TWA Flight 800, Long Island, New York: catastrophic in flight breakup shortly after departure; all 18 crew and 212 passengers perished
1998: September 2: MD 11 Swiss-Air Flight 111, crashes near Nova Scotia, Canada: aircraft crashed at night in the Atlantic Ocean close to shore about 50 miles southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia; all 15 crew members and 214 passengers were killed
1999: October 31: EgyptAir 767-300ER Flight 990, Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts: aircraft crashed into the ocean about 60 miles south of Nantucket Island; NTSB determined that the aircraft departed from controlled flight and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean as a result of flight control inputs by the first officer; all 14 crew members and 203 passengers were killed
1999: August 18-25: Hurricane Bret, Kenedy County, Texas: winds 125 mph, pressure 944, category 4
2000: January 31: Alaska Airlines MD83 Flight 261, Off Point Mugu, California: 83 passengers and five crew members were killed
2001: September 11: Alaska Airlines MD83 Flight 261, New York City, New York; Arlington, Virginia; and Shanksville, Pennsylvania: Hijackers crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; 2 more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pennsylvania. Total dead numbered 2,992, including the 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed.
and the list goes on.. Is this god punishing ?
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IF you really think it was god punishing them.. Can you explain the reason behind this..
1825: October 7: Miramichi Fire, Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick: burned 3 million acres, killed 160 people and left 15,000 homeless.
1865: April 27: Worst Ship Disaster: Riverboat Sultana, Mississippi River: Sultana's boiler exploded, engulfing the ship in flames; transporting 2,300 war-weary Union troops home, only 600 survived. More people died in the Sultana disaster than on the Titanic or the Lusitania.
1871: October 8: The Peshtigo Fire Wisconsin/Michigan: estimate at least 1,500 people dead - eight hundred died in Peshtigo, Wisconsin alone; the Peshtigo Fire killed more people than any fire to date, but was overshadowed at the time by the Great Chicago Fire, which began the same day. Estimiated 3.8 million acres burned.
1889: May 31st: The Johnstown Flood, Johnstown, Pensylvania: the result of several days of extremely heavy rainfall, exacerbated by the failure of the South Fork Dam; over 2,200 dead; over $17 million (USD) in damages.
1900: September 8: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane, Galveston, Texas: estimated winds of 135 miles per hour cat. 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.; extimated death toll between 6,000-12,000 Deaths; Deadliest hurricane to hit the United States.
1903: December 30: Iroquois Theater Fire, Chicago Illinois: The Iroquois Theater was supposedly fireproof - 602 dead
1904: June 15: General Slocum Paddleboat Fire, New York City, New York: 1,031 dead; a "floating fire trap"
1915: May 7: Sinking of the Lusitania, New York City, New York: departed from New York May 1st for Liverpool, carrying 1959 passengers; torpedoed by German U-boat; 1,200 dead
1915: July 24: Excursion Steamer Eastland, Chicago, Illinois: Eastland Disaster "reputation for being top-heavy and had at several times in the past been reported as listing in an alarming way"; rolled over while still in port with 2,572 persons on board; 844 perished--making this Chicago's worst single disaster.
1918: March - November: Spanish influenza , Nationwide: outbreak of Spanish influenza killed over 500,000 people in the worst single U.S. epidemic.
1958: December 1: Our Lady of Angels School Fire, Chicago, Illinois: fire in a Catholic elementary school; 92 children and three nuns parished; To Sleep with the Angels : A Story of a Fire
1996: May 11: ValuJet Airlines DC9-32, near Miami, Florida: fire in the cargo caused this plane to crash into the Florida Everglades about 15 miles from the airport; 105 passengers and five crew members were killed
1996: July 17: TWA Flight 800, Long Island, New York: catastrophic in flight breakup shortly after departure; all 18 crew and 212 passengers perished
1998: September 2: MD 11 Swiss-Air Flight 111, crashes near Nova Scotia, Canada: aircraft crashed at night in the Atlantic Ocean close to shore about 50 miles southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia; all 15 crew members and 214 passengers were killed
1999: October 31: EgyptAir 767-300ER Flight 990, Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts: aircraft crashed into the ocean about 60 miles south of Nantucket Island; NTSB determined that the aircraft departed from controlled flight and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean as a result of flight control inputs by the first officer; all 14 crew members and 203 passengers were killed
1999: August 18-25: Hurricane Bret, Kenedy County, Texas: winds 125 mph, pressure 944, category 4
2000: January 31: Alaska Airlines MD83 Flight 261, Off Point Mugu, California: 83 passengers and five crew members were killed
2001: September 11: Alaska Airlines MD83 Flight 261, New York City, New York; Arlington, Virginia; and Shanksville, Pennsylvania: Hijackers crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; 2 more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pennsylvania. Total dead numbered 2,992, including the 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed.
and the list goes on.. Is this god punishing ?

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