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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 03:53 PM
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3. Disagree - your definition of 'disaster' implies that it is either
accidental or not accidental.

Disaster has nothing to do with intent - only with results. The Northridge quake was no less, and no more, a disaster than the Johnstown Flood - though one was preventable and the other was not.

I agree with the intent of your post, but think you need a different word than 'disaster'.
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