U.S. traffic fatalities during September and October: approximately
7000, with tens of thousands more critically injured.
Daily U.S. Population Gains during mid-September (approximately):
September 8: +7,100
September 9: +7,100
September 10: +7,100
September 11: +1,300
September 12: +7,100
September 13: +7,100
September 14: +7,100
...
Most recent year of actual U.S. population decline: 1918
Source:
http://www.photius.com/wfb2000/countries/united_states/united_states_people.html
Selected Historical Catastrophes by City:
City Country Deaths Date
------------- -------- -------- --------------
New York U.S. 5000 Sep. 11, 2001
Hiroshima Japan 70000 Aug. 6, 1945
Tokyo Japan 110000 Mar. 11, 1945
Dresden Germany 165000 Feb. 13, 1945
Nanking China 300000 Dec. 13, 1937
Philadelphia U.S. 380000 Dec. 25, 2001
Carthage Tunisia 450000 Spring, 146 B.C.
Leningrad U.S.S.R. 1500000 -- 1944
Thus the fears of some New Yorkers---that their city will
never recover---though understandable, are not well-founded.
Lee Corbin
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