How remote is this area where the bodies are being found?
under the present conditions Uptown New Orleans is remote from the SuperDome.
Biloxi/Gulfport/Bay St. Louis are not far from NO at all under normal circumstances, maybe an hour-plus drive .. but if the roads are flooded and bridges collapsed, the only coverage of the areas is from reporters who were there when the storm hit. If you have watched Fox, Anita Vogal has been on I-10, 10 minutes (normally) from downtown NO and she hasn't been able to get there in two days.
Most coverage has been on Biloxi and Gulfport, not BSL, which is actually closer to NO. It was just a sleepy, laid-back, artsy little community, really lovely. We have a friend who lives in BSL and commutes to work in NO, and I am praying to GOD they got out This whole thing just breaks my heart.
I just saw the local WFTV Orlando news and it was very touching. Meterologist Tom Terry is in Ocean Springs, MS. It looked bad. Steve Barrett in Slidell, LA. He encountered people who floated in a refrigerator to escape to high ground. Others told him people around them are not getting along and it was dangerous. They had to get out. Four guys from Orlando went to Biloxi, MS, and took supplies (generators, water, etc.) out there in their pickup truck and word spread about the guys with the American Flag flying on the back of the truck riding up and down the roads offering what help they could. More people want to go and help now.