Public Information Announcement

Just to bring you all back to reality after Ady’s mushroom enhanced ramblings

In 2005, there was an 18 percent rise in disasters that killed 91,900 people.

There were 360 natural disasters last year compared to 305 in 2004. "This increase is mainly due to the rising numbers of floods and droughts that affect large swathes of a population; figures indicate that the number of floods increased by 57 percent in 2005 (107 in 2004 and 168 in 2005) and droughts by about 47 percent (15 in 2004 and 22 in 2005).

The number of people affected by these types of disasters continues to rise in 2005. In total, 157 million people--seven million more than in 2004--required immediate assistance, were evacuated, injured or lost their livelihoods.

Despite this, loss of life was significantly lower than in 2004, during which 244,500 people died as a result of natural hazards.

Just thought I’d let you know, as I have fuck all else interesting to write about.