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by bryanrasmussen 1617 days ago
>As a non-American, I have no idea what kind of damage hurricane Katrina did

As a non-American, I do.

I agree comparable to a nuke is better, I was just commenting that Katrina for a large number of people is quite different than the other examples and does convey an intuitive understanding.

While noting that intuitive understandings are imprecise.