Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Why does God hate Indonesia?

This is just a selected overview of some of the disasters to hit Indonesia over the last two years.

2007

Mar 7 - Airliner crashes on landing at Yogyakarta, killing several people.
Feb 9 - Authorities to disinfect Jakarta, thousands ill.
Feb 5 - Floods leave 340,000 homeless Death toll climbs to 25
Jan 1 - 102 killed when domestic flight crashes

2006

Dec 29 - Ship sinks in storm, 600 missing
Sep 29 - Boeing 737 collides with private jet in mid air, killing 154
Jul 17 - 650 dead as 7.2 earthquake triggers tsunami
Jul 9 - Russian S7 Airbus A-310 skids off runway, killing 124
Jun 22 - Flood toll passes 200
Jun 15 - Volcano eruption traps two
May 27 - Java earthquake kills 6,000, 20,000 hurt and 200,000 left homeless.
May 14 - New warning as volcano intensifies
May 12 - Red alert for volcano Mount Merapi
May 3 - Airbus crashes into Black Sea, killing all 113 people on board
Jan 3 - Java village buried by landslide

2005

Mar 28 - Quake kills at least 300 on island of Nias
Jan 19 - Tsunami deaths soar past 212,000

2004

Dec 24 - 9.0 quake leaves 212,000 dead


Of course, the Onion manages to make light of it all in style.

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