“240 deaths seems “reasonable.” It is likely that some were swept away and they lie under a few feet of silt.
“Tens of thousands is hyperbole, designed to evoke an emotional reaction. It literally doesn’t pass the smell test.”
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Generally agree with this.
Willing to consider contravening information though. Particularly if the “receipts are brought”....which frankly has not happened yet.
I concur. If they find thousands of bodies….you really can’t argue with the proof.
What are the numbers of generally active bank accounts from folks in that region that have suddenly gone silent?
Who of the responsibly active paying customers aren’t suddenly paying their utility bills and have not called in to explain why?
How many cell phones numbers are now not being used, as cell phone services get restored?
You can bet the Social Security Admin is tracking this one! How many SS pensioners and those on SSI disability are not accessing their bank accounts of late into which the Social Security admin had depositing their monthly checks?
Similarly for working people. The missing amongst them can be partially tracked by withholding accounts suddenly not getting fed, state, ss and fica withholding moneys. Some businesses may have been destroyed so that some people have lost their jobs but those still living folks would have sought out unemployment or other jobs that might have been available. Some may have left for other states to find work and will eventually be accounted for...still this leaves another avenue with which to track the dead.
It might take till next summer, but the number of dead and missing can be partially ascertained by the numbers of Federal income tax forms and State income tax forms that ARE Not filed by April 15th 2025 next spring as compared to 2024.
As i said earlier...losses of incoming with-holdings moneys can be tracked now! Also the numbers of individuals with businesses who have been lost and killed can be ascertained by the numbers of quarterly business taxes NOT being collected!
Now if I have thought of these ways that the numbers of dead can start to be more realistically tracked and estimated, you can bet some of the smart wonderkinds of the Fed and Stae governments are already doing so. They just don’t want to report it for political and social reasons. The numbers may just be too shocking according to them, to release just now! They want Biden gone and out of office before those numbers get released!