Sick Shit seems to happen every year and 2008 is no exception.

We saw some sick natural disasters in 2008…  floods, fires, earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis and tornadoes all around the world. At this year end, looks like hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives to mother nature’s supreme power
The Just Sick Shit year end of 2008, Disaster list, month by month

January 2008 Disasters

January saw three major disasters around the world,
Starting on New Years and going for 4 days Kenya saw riots that burned down homes, businesses, farms and killed an estimated 300 people in the riot. The riots began over a presidential election where Mwai Kibaki (Kikuyu) defeats Raila Odinga (Luo) sending the two Luo and Kikuyu tribes into a tribal battle for 5 days of new years violence.
from the U.S department of State

Protesters run away as riot police chase them in Kibera slums, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, as a government statement said Saturday that Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki is ready to form “a government of national unity” to help resolve disputed elections that caused deadly riots. Some 300 people have been killed and around 100,000 made homeless in violent clashes since the recent presidential vote, bringing chaos to this east African nation, and ethnic divisions pitting some tribes against President Mwai Kibaki’s Kikuyu people.

January 7 & 8 US: Tornadoes caused by record-breaking temperatures kill at least six people, including two children, destroy houses, and flood roads.

Jan. 28 - China: 78 million people are affected by severe snow storms and bad weather leaving over 800,000 people evacuated, millions without power, 600, 000 train passengers stranded and 2 dozen dead. This disaster is expensive for China costing an estimated 3.2 billion dollars.

January to Spring Brazil: Brazil starts a fever outbreak that will last for months. By April, more hospitals are opened and people begin education for curbing the mosquito driven dengue fever that has now infected over 75,000 people and by April, killed at least 80. January saw the start on the dangue fever epidemic.

February 2008 Disasters

The disasters just kept going through February…
Feb. 3- Rep. of the Congo: at least 45 people are killed and about 450 more injured after two earthquakes, a 6.0 and a 5.0.

Feb. 5 U.S South.: at least 55 people are killed and hundreds more injured after violent tornadoes rip through the southern United States. According to emergency officials, the victims include 31 people in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, 7 in Kentucky, and 3 in Alabama.

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Feb. 7 - U.S.: an explosion at an Imperial Sugar Refinery near Savannah, Georgia kills 14 people and injures many more.
Feb. 21, Venezuela: A airplane from Venezuela crashes into the Andean Mountain - killing all 46 people aboard.

March 2008 Disasters

March 14 - US: Georgia is hit by another disaster, this time it’s bad weather and tornadoes rip through the southern state. 2 people are killed and at least 30 people are injured in Atlanta and northwestern counties of Georgia including Polk County and Floyd County. The tornadoes bring down many large centers including the CNN one and cause millions in damage.
March 17-US: Flooding and bad weather affect states from Pennsylvania to Texas causing road closures, evacuations and the deaths of 13 people.

April 2008 Disasters

April 29, US: Tornadoes in Virginia cover 3 counties, destroy communities and injure many

May 2008 Disasters

May saw 2 of the worst natural disasters of the decade and left over 150,000 casualties, billions in damage, millions homeless and the entire world trying to help.
May 3 - Myanmar: One of the worst natural disasters of the decade hits, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Death and destruction follow leaving millions homeless and an astounding estimated 78,000 people dead or missing. Most of the deaths were caused by water and the huge tidal waves that flooded the land and ripped structures apart.

May 11- US.: 20 people die and many left homeless in southern states because of tornadoes
May 12 - China: A 7.9 earthquake strikes China killing over 67,000 people die and leaving hundreds of thousands more injured. Following the earthquake were more natural disasters in the form of floods and landslides that killed, injured and left many more people trapped.

June 2008 Disasters

June 9- US.: Central states see severe weather and record flooding, 10 people die as the Cedar river rises 17 feet, the highest recorded, and floods Cedar Rapids breaking dams and causing thousands of evacuations.

June 11 -US: In Iowa a tornado kills four Boy Scouts and injures 48 people

June 17 - southern China: the worst flooding in 50 years kills over 60 people, destroys 5.4 million acres of crops, causes landslides, and leaves 13 people missing in nine southern Chinese provinces.

June 21 - Philippines: Typhoon Fengshen crosses the Princess of the Stars, killing most of the 865 passengers and crew. There are 59 known survivors. Almost 500 other people die during the storm.

July 2008 Disasters

July 24 - Japan: 6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes many miles below the earth’s surface in the region of Iwate.
July 27 - Ukraine: 18 people die during 5 days of very heavy rain inthe Ukraine and Romania,

August 2008 Disasters

Aug. 1- Pakistan: a large mass of ice breaks on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, causing an avalanche that kills 11 climbers.

Aug. 4 - Himachal Pradesh: almost 150 people die in a stampede during a festival celebrating the Hindu mother goddess at Naina Devi temple in northern India. A rumor of a landslide is said to have started the stampede
Aug. 20 - Spain: Over 150 people die when a 160-person passenger plane skids off the runway and explodes while trying to take off at the Barajas airport in Madrid.
Aug. 23 - U.S.: 12 people die, many more are injured and left homeless as Tropical storm Faye hits Florida and other southern states.
Aug. 28 - India: Kosi River floods killing 75 and leaving millions homeless or living in camps.
Aug. 28 - Cuba: Over 130 people die and many more are injured when Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in the Caribbean.

September 2008 Disasters

Sept. 1 - U.S. Gulf Coast: Hurricane Gustav back at work leaving Cuba and now hitting the U.S. Hurricane Gustav devastates the Gulf Coast, kills at least 26 people in Louisiana, Georgia, and Mississippi.
Sept. 5 - Haiti: Tropical Storm Hanna strikes Haiti, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands.
Sept. 7 - Cuba: Cuba and the islands just got hit with one storm a few weeks back and now they face Hurricane Ike which kills over 60 people in Haiti, 4 more are killed in Cuba, and 80% of homes are destroyed on Turks and Caicos islands.

Sept. 12 - U.S. California: Metrolink commuter train collides with a freight train northwest of Los Angeles, killing 25 passengers.

Sept. 13 - US: Hurricane Ike hits Texas and causes more deaths, evacuations and loss of power, Hurricane Ike travels inland causing severe flooding and power outages in parts of Louisiana, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. 17 more people die due to Ike.

Sept. 30 - India: Another religious stampede and a collapsed wall kill over 100 people during the Navratra religious festival. Those Indian religious festivals are starting to look dangerous

October 2008 Disasters

Oct. 6 - Kyrgyzstan: 6.6 magnitude earthquake levels the town of Nura. 70 people die, hundreds more are injured.
Oct. 29 - Pakistan: 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 170 people and destroying around 15,000 homes.

November 2008 Disasters

Nov. 7 - Haiti: School collapses killing 90 students.
Nov. 9 - Sea of Japan: A new Russian nuclear sub has an accident.  20 people die and 21 more are injured when two compartments flood with Freon gas during tests in the Sea of Japan.
Nov. 15 - U.S.: California wild fires

Nov. 22 - Brazil: Brazil is hit again by bad weather and 119 people die and over 80,000 homes are destroyed during heavy rains and flooding.

December 2008 Disasters

Dec. 11-  U.S.: The New England states see tons of ice and snow during storms.  Many power lines are effected, hundreds of thousands left without power causing President Bush to declare a state of emergency in parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, getting FEMA to come in with help.

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