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....
Did you even look at the link I provided? He posted for two hours after the initial post. Then he probably went to bed.
So are you saying that his story is complete crap because it's not validated by the MSM? Do you remember the initial MSM reports about the tsunami last December? They horribly underestimated the amount of damage and fatalities. How about Shep Smith saying that NO dodged a bullet? He broadcast that based on the observations of a little slice of the French Quarter that he was in. How's that for MSM accuracy? I'm not saying I'm convinced, but I think it's not an unreasonable story.
I'm saying that he doesn't have any credible links...a supposed hearsay conversation with an alleged friend.
You're telling me that if there was that kind of catastrophic death SOMEONE wouldn't find a way to get a picture or a video clip...even a civilian with a handy cam...broadcast somewhere?
Just as the truth of the number of casualties, the reason and circumstances behind the origins of this thread will be revealed. To insinuate the thread is a prank is a pretty serious charge, however.
Thewre was no looting in Galveston for two reasons..there was nothign left to lot, and no one alive to do the looting...it was a small, contained community, as opposed to the hundreds of miles hit today..
I get uncanny premonitions that are accurate. Last night I dreamt of Katrina and I saw for miles and miles, water, water everywhere. Houses submerged as far as I could see in every direction. Deaths, deaths, deaths.
I then wake up and read this...
Exactly how could it have been worse ? People are beginning to refer to New Orleans in the past tense. Even the government reps in charge have stated that New Orleans will never be the same. 80 % under water and rising. Thousands threatened by rising flood waters. Granted they could have received more wind damage. What New Orleans dodged was about 20-30 mph in peak wind speed. Not much considering this was a strong cat 4 or cat 5.
It's not a challenge I make lightly either.
The theoretical high death tolls have occurred in areas that no one is being allowed into right now. If you try to go take pictures, you will be arrested. Only rescue workers and essential personnel.
I sense that.
The hurricane directly hit the city. The eye did not.
The city is pretty much a complete loss.
The Hurricane is the direct cause.
They didn't "dodge a bullet".
Simply a short sighted conclusion both then and now.
The 1906 hurricane that washed over Galveston killed 6000+, the exact number undetermined because so many washed out to sea. Let us pray there is nothing close to that number.
Thousands..try tens of thousands...
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That would be my fear. If I recall correctly, the National Hurricane Center's dire pre-storm announcement also mentioned potential casualties in the tens of thousands.
Visibility is probably a few feet during that point of the storm and it was dark. Very hard to light what your trying to take a picture of.
The MSM didn't inform us that people were jumping out of the twin towers either...
One of the unique things about FR is that we 'often' get first hand accounts of news in the making...Before it get to the MSM...
Almost all of the footage shown on tv right now is from cameras in helicoptors...I doubt the MSM wants to show the public pictures of thousands of dead Americans...In fact, they haven't shown even one dead body floating in the water...
The MSM warned the people of New Orleans...I didn't hear much warning for Mississippi...
Scare 'em up a little, eh? Do you also predict plunging stocks, runs on banks and brokers jumping out windows to commit suicide?
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