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Thu Nov 1, 2012, 10:06 AM Nov 2012

Obama v W bush on real leadership

en.wikipedia.org
Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States.Wikipedia
Total fatalities: 1,833*


Hurricane Sandy death toll reaches 74 in U.S.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/hurricane-sandy-death-toll-reaches-74-article-1.1195335#ixzz2AymFm28w

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Although Katrina was more powerful Hurricane Sandy had a direct hit to the most populated region of the United States
and with the hard work of the Obama Administration along with state and local governments the loss of life was 100
times smaller.

* Some estimates are much higher and with people who died as a result of the stress and strain post Katrina
some people put the # of deaths @ over 4,000.

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