[OXENinFLA]

“bodies are floating in the water”

I hate to be morbid, but could these be old bodies from graveyards?

[ConservativeMan55]

Probably not unforunately.

Not full bodies.

[unixfox]

They bury the dead above the sea level in N.O. so it is possible that caskets may be floting around, unless they popped open, who knows. I guess anything can happen.

[NickatNite2003]

It's possible... with such a high water table
there, caskets and bodies have been known to
float rise up to the surface before in the
New Oleans area..that's why there are so many
above ground crypts in their graveyards...
and so many stories about people rising from
the dead that are in the LA folklore.

But i doubt it. These poor souls probably drowned
this morning.

[RightWhale]

could these be old bodies from graveyards?

If so, no big deal. But, these are likely to be recent.

[moose2004]

You're probably right, they were talking about this possibility on Fox yesterday.

[SuziQ]

could these be old bodies from graveyards?

Could be.

[Spunky]

"I hate to be morbid, but could these be old bodies from graveyards?"

I did hear on the radio news that coffins were floating about.

[tom h]

"“bodies are floating in the water” I hate to be morbid, but could these be old bodies from graveyards? "

Yes. One of the first things that happens during a flood of a low-lying town like New Orleans is that coffins float away. And I wouldn't be surprised if cheap coffins fall apart and the bodies float separately.

[luvbach1]

...old bodies from graveyards?

They could if they were old bodies.

[BurbankKarl]

no, that would be dogs swimming by with bones in their mouths.

[EDINVA]

not likely, NO burials are in crypts above ground, and after the caskets are put in, they are cemented shut.

[monday]

"I hate to be morbid, but could these be old bodies from graveyards?"

Old bodies don't float. What makes fresh bodies float is bacteria releasing gasses inside as the bodies decompose. It makes them bloat and float. It is sort of morbid. Sorry if it offends anyone.

[mwyounce]

If they're seeing bodies, I doubt it (unless they were recently buried)....

When I toured NOLA, they told us that the crypts are set up so that they can store the remains for 1 year + 1 day, and then they go back in and there's nothing but a skeleton left. The skeleton can then be stored in the crypt... this is how one average sized tomb holds the remains of over 200 nuns.

[sionnsar]

“bodies are floating in the water”
I hate to be morbid, but could these be old bodies from graveyards?

Unlikely. Fresh, perhaps, but not old.

[Texas Mom]

I hate to be morbid, but could these be old bodies from graveyards?

You're not being morbid. It's a possibility.

[NRA2BFree]

I hate to be morbid, but could these be old bodies from graveyards?

Well, they could be, but most of those bodies have probably already decomposed, and more than likely they would just be bones. Let's hope the bodies are not those of people who were killed because they didn't evacuate like they were ordered to do.

[Loud Mime]

This reminds me of the photo from the Tsunami..the one with almost 500 bodies in one shot...

Terrible....