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Astonishing Exclusive From Mississippi [hundreds if not thousands dead]
Paramedic Rescue Operation | 8-31-05 | My Favorite Headache

Posted on 08/30/2005 10:10:45 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

It is with heavy heart I write this...

I have finally reconnected with my best friend who is a paramedic who was sent from Georgia 2 days ago to Gulf Port, Mississippi before the hurricane hit.

He just reached me within the last 10 mins via emergency cell phone to tell me he was alive.

Thousands of bodies have been discovered throughout Mississippi in Gulf Port, Waveland,Hancock County,Bay of St.Louis.

They are hanging in trees and they are pulling them out 30 at a time. Entire families found drowned in their homes and washing up on shore.

The stories he could tell me were brief. National Guard is on the scene and arresting anyone seen on the streets.

The numbers are staggering and what I have been told tonight will shake people to their foundation as the numbers will be coming out in the next 24-hours of just how many people have actually perished in these and 3 other beach communities.

More to follow....


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Mississippi
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To: tfecw

This planet is going to get a lot tougher such sermons from God Himself.

Some will learn something from them.

Some won't.


1,361 posted on 08/31/2005 8:31:44 AM PDT by Quix (GOD IS LOVE and full of mercy HE IS ALSO JUST & fiercely HOLY. Cultures choosing death shall have it)
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To: superiorslots
There have been lots of flyovers by helicopters and planes (we see the footage of this on the news), I know a very large area has been affected, but if there are thousands of bodies floating, surely some would be spotted? Or is the possible the media have been asked to refrain from showing pictures for the moment while the situation is still so sensitive?

I'm just hoping that it's not as bad as some of the awful things we are hearing, I'm not trying to discredit anyone.

1,362 posted on 08/31/2005 8:31:48 AM PDT by maquiladora
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To: Smogger

That says "hundreds"...doesn't confirm MFH's wild claim of "thousands".


1,363 posted on 08/31/2005 8:31:59 AM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
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To: MHT

If they were long dead they probably wouldn't float.
Plus they would be buried, concrete enclosures are usually required.
No, I am thinking a cemetary wouldn't contribute much to the floating dead count...


1,364 posted on 08/31/2005 8:32:01 AM PDT by NormB (Yes, but watch your cookies!!)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Despite the rock throwers, you done good.


1,365 posted on 08/31/2005 8:32:18 AM PDT by null and void (It's all like watching a train wreck, in slow motion, from the front of the train.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
He said "We have been pulling bodies out of trees, people have drowned in their homes, there are thousands dead dude...thousands" we spoke about for about 5 minutes about where he was when the storm made landfall...

Then you're relating that he said he had seen thousands of dead himself?

He must have found an area where the bodies were peculiarly concentrated then.

Can you clarify how they were removing the bodies in batches of thirty but that your friend is using an ambulance? It would seem to me that removing thousands of bodies would exceed the capacity of available ambulances in any given area and you would have to use trucks.
1,366 posted on 08/31/2005 8:32:18 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: My Favorite Headache; trussell
"Please pray with me for United States of America-hurricane"

New Orleans Prayer Thread

Prayers for Romulus, Askel 5, and others from New Orleans and Louisiana

Prayers for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina

Catholic Caucus: Virgin of Prompt Succor - Hurricanes and Dangers

Hurricane Prayer Thread

How about a Prayer for the Kat Hurricane folks Drstevej former freeper

1,367 posted on 08/31/2005 8:32:34 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: txradioguy
Yes let's put it into context...you report an unsubstantiated report based on heresay with no credible facts to back you up.

"It's going to be much higher than anything we've ever seen," said Jim Pollard, spokesperson for the Harrison County Emergency Management Agency.

Public officials were skittish about relaying fatality numbers because firefighters, other emergency workers and even volunteers navigated mountains of debris Tuesday, finding bodies all along the waterfront.

I suggest you read my post 1347. I am not going to bother posting the article seperately because I think this thread already makes the point. If they are skittish about reporting casualty figures but freely admit it's in the hundereds, it wouldn't suprise me to see 1000 or more people dead.

1,368 posted on 08/31/2005 8:32:36 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: dakine

Your charitable comment is impressive.

I suppose you also call it consistent with your construction on reality?


1,369 posted on 08/31/2005 8:32:44 AM PDT by Quix (GOD IS LOVE and full of mercy HE IS ALSO JUST & fiercely HOLY. Cultures choosing death shall have it)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Actually I heard from a FEMA emergency manager, in the floods in the southeast a few years ago (I can't remember which hurricane), she says that they reported different numbers of dead intentionally so that the count was much lower than actual count.


1,370 posted on 08/31/2005 8:33:03 AM PDT by applpie
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To: Sloth

He alsoe said whole families were washing up on the beach too...is a beach not in plain sight?


1,371 posted on 08/31/2005 8:33:13 AM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
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To: George W. Bush

Just so you know, I worked for AT&T Wireless as a network tech for 5 years. Many celltowers have generators and all have battery back-up. When an emergency is declared, the normal phone lines are blocked and only phones desgnated as "emergency" will work on any channels. These phones are given out to supervisors of rescue teams in situations like this. As My Favorite Headache said her friend was an paramedic so it's quite resonable for him to have a working cell. Also, many towers can transmit tower-to-tower in the event landlines are cut.


1,372 posted on 08/31/2005 8:33:41 AM PDT by BJClinton (+ /_\)
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To: txradioguy

You know what? I am simply not going to spend my day posting to you. I did my "more to follow" when he had CELL PHONE SIGNAL you idiot.

It's not like they are able to sit and have party line conversations all day. Signal is dropping in and out and he is there on-scene working and doing his job.

Not sitting on a phone doing play-by-play for you and the few doubters as each body is discovered and tagged. Why is it impossible for you to reason these simple facts out?


1,373 posted on 08/31/2005 8:33:53 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache ("Scientology is dangerous stuff,it's like forming a religion based around Johnny Quest and Haji.")
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To: petitfour
I'm off to put together boxes of clothes to send to the now homeless folks of my home state. Hopefully, there will be local charities organizing the shipment of supplies from here to there.

God bless you for your thoughtfulness.

However, your clothing will likely be thrown away. Charities simply can't deal with sorting and distributing clothing in a catastrophe like this. The Salvation Army said they were overwhelmed with clothing during the four hurricanes in Florida last year, and they simply stored the stuff in warehouses, then threw it all away.

Charities need money to buy gift cards or to buy food or specific items of clothing for specific people.

Your heart's in the right place, but, please, give your clothing to Goodwill or one of your local charities for people in your community.

1,374 posted on 08/31/2005 8:34:09 AM PDT by sinkspur (We who have been given much must help those who now have nothing.)
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To: bwteim

"No one sane posts something like this for fame."

Why does the phrase "begging the question" suddenly come to mind?


1,375 posted on 08/31/2005 8:34:15 AM PDT by BeHoldAPaleHorse
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To: George W. Bush
Thank you

Could you be more specific ... is your thank you being extended because you were correctly identified as

an idiot

a real piece of work

or both?

1,376 posted on 08/31/2005 8:34:19 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Does it hurt when they shear your wool off?)
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To: txradioguy

Uh it says hundreds, and in the next breath says that "public officials were skittish about relaying fatality numbers." So you can pretty much figure hundreds is going to be on the low end.


1,377 posted on 08/31/2005 8:34:25 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: RoseofTexas

"W saved a whole lot of lives that day while the governors were twiddling their thumbs!!"

Hey I didn't know this. Is it actually true that W told them to evacuate before their own officials? Do you have a credible link? Sorry if I seem skeptical - I love W, don't get me wrong - but its a rare day when any president shines so bright. If you don't have something I'll find it, no problem. Thanks.


1,378 posted on 08/31/2005 8:34:30 AM PDT by mudblood
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To: Quix

"I suppose you also call it consistent with your construction on reality?"


English, repeat in English...


1,379 posted on 08/31/2005 8:34:38 AM PDT by dakine
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To: teenyelliott

I get sick to death of people choosing death over life.

What is a woman wearing a miniskirt advertising?

What does she expect the response of some crazed men to be?Is she really wearing a miniskirt so people will notice her personality and job/social skills and IQ?

Give me a break toots.


1,380 posted on 08/31/2005 8:34:51 AM PDT by Quix (GOD IS LOVE and full of mercy HE IS ALSO JUST & fiercely HOLY. Cultures choosing death shall have it)
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