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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
If you think what he said is true, you should be able to answer the same question:
In what way is it "meaningless"?
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The population of the island listed is MUCH smaller than the US and canada, so ANY deaths will show as a higher percentage. Also they are MUCH smaller relative to the size of the storm than the US and Canada. The affect of a hurricane on a tiny series of islands is always greater than on a massive continent. If the storm that hit NYC was 50 times the size the the continent of North America, (like it was 50 times the size of Haiti), then the death tolll would be similar or even greater, percentage-wise. It's comparing apples to oranges.
I wasn't trying to offend you actually.... I thought you had posted it as a joke, and I was laughing with you.
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