Astonishing Exclusive From Mississippi [hundreds if not thousands dead]

Paramedic Rescue Operation | 8-31-05 | My Favorite Headache

[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....

[Tulsa Ramjet]

Sudden turn? It was a microscopic wobble. The storm ended up taking a track within a few miles of the NHC forecast tracks from 60 hours previous to landfall.

Strategist is correct. Although the media focus was on N.O., the other coastal towns and states could have done something more vocal to evacuate. Why take a chance? Now the N.O. mayor can sleep at night on the decision he made for mandatory evacuation (not that he can sleep long when dealing with the aftermath), and the other officials that didn't, well...

[DJ MacWoW]

They certainly don't shy away from Iraq war casualties.

They wanted to show coffins. Not bodies.

I think the press is showing restraint and I'm not sure why. But they are finally starting to talk huge numbers of dead on Fox.

[George W. Bush]

GWB: "This thread refers to four towns, supposedly with thousands of dead in trees and on beaches and in homes..."

spunkets: "BS!"

Not to confuse you with facts but: "Thousands of bodies have been discovered throughout Mississippi in Gulf Port, Waveland,Hancock County,Bay of St.Louis.

Yes, this thread specifically addressed the topic of thousands of dead in four Mississippi towns/areas if words still retain their meanings.

[papertyger]

The fact that you and others persistantly take what else I've said and twist it into some kind of denial of that potential is simply fascinating.

What a crock!

You went wrong when you backed Hewitt instead of a longtime FReeper of good report, and tried to support your choice by degrading others.

[DJ MacWoW]

That doesn't excuse your tasteless humor at the expense of someone that's actually working in the midst of a catastrophe.

[LibWrangler]

Pardon me, cyn. I assumed you wanted to help your fellow FReepers (even Hugh) out by telling us how to expose and get rid of the kooks here.

Your solution lacks substance.

[nwctwx]

The shock is understandable, it will ripple through the nation in the coming days. Most people in the general public seem blissfully unaware of what has happened.

[olde north church]

The braying of a jackass!!!

[George W. Bush]

Your comment is vicious and disgraceful!

My comments are pretty accurate. Politicians don't rate high in my book as humanitarians with soft hearts. Far from it. But you can believe what you like.

[Cboldt]

But they are finally starting to talk huge numbers of dead on Fox.

Mayor of NOLA provided the cue to report by stating "hundreds, maybe thousands of bodies in the water."

[freemama]

I found it.

http://www.packers.com/news/stories/2005/08/31/1/

[rog4vmi]

let's face it...there are some people who are just a-holes..and they wouldn't have the guts to apologize.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"That doesn't excuse your tasteless humor at the expense of someone that's actually working in the midst of a catastrophe."

Someone who SAYS he's working in the midst of a catastrophe.

[WKUHilltopper]

Oh no....I was afraid of that. The media hardly mentioned anything about Mississippi or Alabama prior to Katrina. It all focused on New Orleans.

[spunkets]

"Thousands of bodies have been discovered throughout Mississippi "Denial is just another form of BS.

[nwctwx]

I was hoping NO would come out of this with relatively few deaths. The water did rise slower there than in most places. If indeed thousands are dead in that city, there is no question that thousands died in MS.

[petitfour]

I believe there was a call for evacuation in MS before NO.

[Smogger]

Many of the images have captions so I will provide a little before and after.

The Grand Casino Biloxi barge was washed ashore to the north side of U.S. 90 in Biloxi.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Soup's on!
Crow soup is said to be best served chilled. Be forewarned, however, that the server is virtually always underappreciated :)

[Spike Spiegel]

I get a bit of the Cassandra thing on this forum and elsewhere. I generally win at poker not because I play all the time but because I have a head for numbers and keep my cool. In this case, it is easy to see that the numbers are going to be in the high thousands to low tens of thousands, and I said that much earlier in the thread.

I also take the position that we don't have a "free press" in this country, and that disaster management has a lot to do with managing information the public is to be allowed to know. On top of that, I delight in the humiliation of our information gatekeepers. I loved reading the Dan Rather threads here, and I was disgusted at the so-called conservatives that pooh-poohed the chances of taking him down.