The Isle of Capri Casino and Resort on U.S. 90 in Biloxi suffered heavy damage
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....
Talking to my friend now on the phone on the way home...he is telling me how people were told to hide in their closet and that entire families drowned inside of them. They were finding families inside of closets dead.
Walking up to homes and on the coastline all you could see was tile and steps. The water levels were just insane.
He set up an EMS triage at the only shelter open in Hancock County and there were school bus loads coming in...hundreds and thousands injured...walking wounded everywhere.
Could you ping txradioguy while my Jiffypop finishes?
I could have sworn that someone else was serving the crow. But, hey, who am I to argue with success!
Where;s the Eagle's up around here, folks?
We need to turn this around and start to make a plan for action on what we can actually DO.
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I am sure that this EMS friend of MFH visited and did more in his four days of helping in this disaster; than you will do in your lifetime. Through hundreds of posts, you have made clear your malicious nature and lack of character.
Bump your update
*ping*
May God bless your friend and give him strength to continue with his work. It is just unimaginable.
If the death count rises "into the thousands", I will stand corrected. In the meantime, and for the record: Did President Bush declare the Gulf Coast a disaster area at least 24 hours before the order came down to evacuate New Orleans? I believe this is true, and if I'm wrong on this, I hope someone will correct me pronto.
I wish I could find a definitive timeline of all official pronouncements since the day Katrina hit Florida.
Link to AliVeritas FR post with Links to Info. and Organizations for Katrina
Since NO didn't get the devastation that other areas did but they may have thousands dead as per the mayor, you don't honestly expect anyone of the naysayers to admit they might be wrong, do you? I don't. But I did as you asked.
Thousands of bodies have been discovered throughout Mississippi in Gulf Port, Waveland,Hancock County,Bay of St.Louis. ... in these and 3 other beach communities.Good catch. Yes, maybe it was seven after all. I guess I'm still wondering how one person visited all those areas in such a short time in the middle of a massive natural disaster.
The New Orleans Mayor's comments of the last hour are another data point on the horrible potential that in fact the final death tol will be measured in thousands.
Who told them to hide in their closets?
Trying to be level headed amidst of the suffering and destruction I see is all I can do at this point --- other than giving my credit card numbers to:
The Salvation Army National Headquarters
https://secure1.salvationarmy.org/donations.nsf/donate?openform&projectid=USN-hurricane05
Red Cross
http://arc.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main
and
The Humane Society of the United States' (HSUS) Disaster Relief Fund.
https://secure.hsus.org/01/disaster_relief_fund_2005?
That wins for the most assinine comment I have read today. This is a natural disaster not terrorism & there is no comparison.
I'm afraid there are many, many people in those houses and attics that couldn't get out. I heard one man say that once the water began to rise, he couldn't open any of the doors (which opened outward) due to the water pressure. He broke out a window in time to escape. Those that went into attics took a big chance too, with the only way out down into the water or cutting through the roof.
Oh he's going to be slammed by his academia peers for saying that.
The Isle of Capri Casino and Resort on U.S. 90 in Biloxi suffered heavy damage
If there are thousands of bodies, couldn't they be washed to sea? Wouldn't this be like the tsunami in that respect?
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