[George W. Bush]

The death toll in this hard-hit county rose to more than 100, but officials believe that number will rise. "There's so much rubble, we won't know for a while. But I fully expect the number to be in the hundreds," said Jason Green, assistant to the Harrison County coroner.

The numbers are indeed certain to rise, certainly into the hundreds, perhaps more than a thousand.

But you may notice there's no reason to believe that this assistant to the coroner would now, 12 hours later, be unaware of the thousands of dead in the killer trees or the entire families who neatly stacked themselves up in groups on the beach. You would think that our intrepid anonymous rescuer might have phoned the coroner's office with a body count or to verify where to put the dead bodies, wouldn't you?

[JennysCool]

Are you missing every other post? Barbour and others have already said they are concentrating on rescue right now; counting the dead undoubtedly is going on, but it will not be the focus until the living are taken care of.

[tfecw]

Thanks for some common sense. It's a breath of fresh air.

[justa-hairyape]

But you may notice there's no reason to believe that this assistant to the coroner would now, 12 hours later, be unaware of the thousands of dead in the killer trees or the entire families who neatly stacked themselves up in groups on the beach. You would think that our intrepid anonymous rescuer might have phoned the coroner's office with a body count or to verify where to put the dead bodies, wouldn't you?

Absolutely pathetic. 'killer trees'. 'intrepid anonymous rescuer'. Sir, some of our fellow countrymen have drowned as they were swimming in flood waters and got hung up and dragged under by trees. Please have some respect. I am bailing hoping to find some civility. Later.

[DJ MacWoW]

Your sarcasm in the face of this cataclysmic event is beyond the pale.