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Originally Posted by Kybosh
I think most of us realize that the true casualty count won't be known for weeks. I didn't want to sound callous in my last post or give the impression that the tsunami isn't such a big deal. From a purely academic standpoint, comparing this event to the tsunami of 2004 (230,000 dead) or the Haiti earthquake (316,000 dead), I feel that Japanese ingenuity and preparedness made all the difference.
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True. Unfortunately there was really nothing that could have been done about the Tsunami. Very glad that the amount of collapse in major centres was controlled, but I don't think anyone was prepped for a 7-10meter tsunami. The scale of the initial quake was also much bigger than anyone even predicted here.