120,000 dead in Asia, that is like losing the city of Sioux Falls, SD

[NMDemDist2]

or Salinas, CA or the entire island of Maui HI

unfathomable and heartbreaking

[NJCher]

1. I still can't fathom this

I try, but I am having a difficult time. I try to imagine 20' waves washing northern NJ out to sea, seeing my neighbors floating by, my car and home destroyed. It's a tough imagination exercise.


Cher

[NMDemDist2]

2. the image that stays with me is the woman walking along the line

of corpses looking for a loved one

that is just ??? there is no word for what that is ... :(

[DrZeeLit]

3. Entire state of VT is only 615,000 -- death toll is almost 1/4

Beyond my ken, too.
I think of how many stadiums that would fill.
Twice as many deaths as US in Vietnam.
That's two black walls.