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Hundreds are feared dead (Gulfport-Biloxi-Pass Christian-Long Beach, MS)
Biloxi Sun Herald ^
| 08/30/05
| ANITA LEE and GREG LACOUR
Posted on 08/30/2005 11:53:09 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
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Not good. This partially confirms the information passed on by My Favorite Headache.
There's some actual news about conditions in Pass Christian and Long Beach - areas about which we haven't heard much.
To: My Favorite Headache
To: Cannonette
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:00:37 AM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Kandahar Airfield -- “We’re not on the edge of the world, but we can see it from here")
To: conservative in nyc
see the video on last post of gulfport. you would not believe the scene. Biloxi is just about gone.
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:04:18 AM PDT
by
rineaux
(hardcore)
To: conservative in nyc
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:06:42 AM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(Liberals...they're so quixotic...)
To: All
To: Keith in Iowa
That post from My Favorite Headache sounds as though it is really true. This w/b the news for tomorrow.
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:11:59 AM PDT
by
Tarheel
( Murphy's law #21--Internet flame wars are started by two cats who did not like their supper.)
To: conservative in nyc
larger pic ..and they wonder why they were KILLED!
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:14:47 AM PDT
by
Critical Bill
("Iraq is fighting for all the Arabs. Where are the Arab armies?" ... George Galloway MP)
To: Tarheel
>>>That post from My Favorite Headache sounds as though it is really true. This w/b the news for tomorrow.
Frightening, indeed.
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:14:53 AM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(Liberals...they're so quixotic...)
To: conservative in nyc
I heard Skip Pickering talk tonight on Greta about MS - he said, almost as an aside, "We have hundreds dead". So I thought, hundreds dead just in MS? And he probably is underestimating, as most of them do.
When this is all said and done, the figure will be in the thousands.
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:18:11 AM PDT
by
I still care
(America is not the problem - it is the solution..)
To: Critical Bill
Three young surfers head for the ocean and high wave action as Hurricane Katrina approaches Boca Raton, Florida on August 25, 2005. Despite a hurricane warning issued by the National Hurricane Center, many Floridians remained outdoors for the Category 1 tropical cyclone.
A voluntary evacuation was in effect.
click larger
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:18:32 AM PDT
by
Critical Bill
("Iraq is fighting for all the Arabs. Where are the Arab armies?" ... George Galloway MP)
To: Critical Bill
Almost apocalyptic. Stunning.

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posted on
08/31/2005 12:19:47 AM PDT
by
rdb3
("That which has happened is a warning. To forget it is guilt..." --Karl Jaspers)
To: Cannonette
Armed Forces Retirement Home Opens Doors to Displaced Brethren10 feet of water surged into the ground floor of the Gulfport home, ruining the kitchen, dining room, bowling alley and long-term care facility and submerging the emergency generator. The hurricane also blew down the home's water tower.
a ranch house on the complex used for visitors was blown away, as was the eight-foot-high brick and steel fence around the 49-acre complex's perimeter.
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:24:05 AM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Kandahar Airfield -- “We’re not on the edge of the world, but we can see it from here")
To: Cannonette
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:33:01 AM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Kandahar Airfield -- “We’re not on the edge of the world, but we can see it from here")
To: conservative in nyc
"People ought to know not to stay here for something like this," Waldrop said. "I knew better. They gave them plenty of warning to get out of here." While the MSM had it's sites on New Orleans, the people of Gulfport/Biloxi knew it was coming. I guess they thought it couldn't be that bad...
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:34:20 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
To: conservative in nyc
Warning this
image is of a graphic nature showing a victim of Katrina.
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:38:43 AM PDT
by
Critical Bill
("Iraq is fighting for all the Arabs. Where are the Arab armies?" ... George Galloway MP)
To: Cannonette
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:50:37 AM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Kandahar Airfield -- “We’re not on the edge of the world, but we can see it from here")
To: conservative in nyc
"People ought to know not to stay here for something like this," Waldrop said. "I knew better. They gave them plenty of warning to get out of here." This is why the comparisons with the Tsunami or 9/11 are not helpful. There will be another disaster of this nature, so it is OK to be a bit preachy about the lessons of this one. That said, it is still very, very sad. Many could not leave, at least not reasonably easily, so something can be done about that. Watching the Super Dome, I kept wondering about busing the people to safe areas using city buses.
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posted on
08/31/2005 12:53:39 AM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: conservative in nyc
Mississippi search crews pulling bodies from rubble - railroad tracks about six blocks from beach***..."We understand the military trying to reach us was bogged down on U.S. 49," Warr said, referring to the main north-south highway into Gulfport. "I was told there were more than 100 big pines across the road in a two-mile stretch in the DeSoto (National) Forest."
City officials said they could not immediately re-establish water or sewer services. All land phone lines and most cell phone communications were out of service, they said, and crews were trying to repair a major gas leak downtown.
Tons of chicken parts, which had been stored for shipping in the port area, ended up scattered across dozens of blocks west of the city.
"That's going to become a biohazard in no time," said Sullivan, the fire chief. "We'll need fast help with that, too." ...***
To: conservative in nyc
"Hurricane Katrina cost more lives ... than any disaster in Coast history, the Red Cross said Tuesday.
Hmmm, me thinks the Red Cross spokesperson wasn't around for the "coastal" hurricane hit on Galveston Island that took over 6000 lives.
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