Quoting from the Grauniad:
Barack Obama pledged US assistance following what he called a potentially “catastrophic” disaster.
What on earth is a potentially catastrophic disaster? What does this language mean? Is there a functioning brain behind that utterance?
Ten thousand people missing, towns washed away and nuclear reactors in meltdown: what is potential about this? And what is the difference between catastrophe, disaster, and catastophic disaster?
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