[DJ MacWoW]

Nor will you admit that txradioguy, George W. Bush, myself or others had no issue with the estimated deaths.

Wrong. Read lugsouls posts. They disagreed with the numbers named by an eyewitness.

[lugsoul]

Whoa. Are you saying that I disagreed with MFH's post? If so, I need some work on clarity, because I thought I was being pretty clear that, while I hoped her post was overstating the case, it seemed consistent with what we were seeing.

I did ask a couple of the naysayers what they thought the count would be. One replied 400-1500, which would be a bit lower than what is implied in MFH's post, but much at the high end.

Since that exchange, we've seen the post from one who talked to another SAR worker in Gulfport today who tagged 40 bodies just today. That also appears consistent.

Bottom line: This is bad. Very bad. And the news will keep getting worse for at least a couple of weeks now. And those who are acting like this is just another 'cane, only a little worse, are walking around with blinders on.