[George W. Bush]

Now you're just being stupidly obtuse. You know the post doesn't infer any of that. And carping about semantics is just childish.

I'd love to see the IP logs for FR. You're strangely defensive here for a mere hearsay story with no corroborating accounts anywhere in the media-mad world.

Isn't it strange that no pictures of these thousands of dead in the trees and on the beaches from cell phone cameras have surfaced yet? At least, I find it strange. Admittedly, this isn't like camera-happy California but, contrary to public image, the South isn't actually backwards technologically.

[JennysCool]

cell phone cameras

You think there would be cell phones left on the beaches?

[Sloth]

Isn't it strange that no pictures of these thousands of dead in the trees and on the beaches from cell phone cameras have surfaced yet?

I haven't seen pictures of ANY bodies yet. I guess that means nobody died at all?

[null and void]

Admittedly, this isn't like camera-happy California but, contrary to public image, the South isn't actually backwards technologically.

A few weeks ago my California based cell phone and I went hundreds of miles without any antenna bars in southern MO/northern AR. (Incompatible local coverage)...

[petitfour]

Isn't it strange that no pictures of these thousands of dead in the trees and on the beaches from cell phone cameras have surfaced yet?

That's the firrst I've heard of cell phone cameras causing the deaths of thousands in trees and on beaches. You got a legitimate source for this info?????

[Steve_Seattle]

"You're strangely defensive here for a mere hearsay story with no corroborating accounts anywhere in the media-mad world. Isn't it strange that no pictures of these thousands of dead in the trees and on the beaches from cell phone cameras have surfaced yet? At least, I find it strange."

The media are more cautious than you think. They like to get death statistics from official sources, and official sources are typically conservative in announcing deaths. They would rather underreport than overreport in the initial phases of a tragedy.

Members of the media are not, to my knowledge, poring through debris and wreckage looking for bodies. Moreover, they are not likely to show pics of dead bodies in a non-war setting, paricularly when communications are down and families are separated. But the media HAVE reported many bodies - without showing them - and have mentioned that the emphasis is still on rescue rather than accounting for the dead. I personally think 3,000 or more deaths is quite likely.

[AppyPappy]

It was a metaphor. An Astonishing exclusive BREAKING NEWS article about a rumor of lots of bodies is obviously not intended to be a literal snapshot of reality