Posted on 09/06/2005 2:33:59 AM PDT by BillCompton
Hurricane Audrey in the fifties in CAmeron Parish killed at least 500 people.
President of Jefferson Parish expects deaths to exceed 10,000 now onb FNC live.
The media has a vested interest in using the 10,000 dead figure. It keeps the race issue at the forefront.
Per my post in 82 this guy said he would not reveal actual number he thinks died at this time.
It isn't just the mayor who is saying 10,000; Sen Vitter, who is a Republican, has also said that he believe about 10,000 were killed. But the estimates for 9/11 were way off (from 30,000 to just over 2,000) so it would not surprise me if it is much less.
I wish all reporting would include comparisons such as the one you posted.
Example: Lake Ponchartrain is two or three times the size of Washington DC. One extra foot of water in the Lake is x number of feet in New Orleans.
The Mississippi numbers, OTOH, I think are greatly understated at the moment
I'm waiting to see some despicable casualty report divided up by race. Kind of affirmative action death quota. If more than 67% Af.Am. in NO, it's obviously _ _ _ _ fault!
Could be even higher, depending on the count of those who stayed behind. Everyone is still focused on New Orleans. When the mayor says "10,000" he's focusing on New Orleans. 20,000 is closer for the entire area and it is probably higher than that.
Evidently Vitter rushed out to the media saying the President deserved an 'F' for his efforts re the storm.
He was backtracking a bit but it did get him lots of face time on all the cables.
Did the word go out to the NO pols that they had better tow the lib line or their families would pay?
Kind of like the media unaware that there are military deaths nearing 1,000 per year due to various causes NOT battle related.
Hmmm, the 10000 represent new democrat party voter registrations?
I bet election fraud is a consideration in there.
FNC just had a LA Rep on the phone. Unbelievable gall to slip in partisan BS.
Whatever
Where I come from a "nose for" indicates an ability of some kind. Maybe it is related to hunting dogs. Perhaps you haven't heard that expression used in the way I did.
But whatever.
I don't know if I believe your premise. I don't think this is related to race.
Was that Parish Pres. Broussard, or another guy? I heard Broussard, who was using the "I" word quite frequently, claiming credit for everything from the evac to the rebuilding. Broussard's a busy guy apparently, a real superman.
He makes the comic book superhero seem like a slacker.
Passing this interesting observation along:
It is with much trepidation that I make this post, but I feel like I need to let everyone know what is really going on in the CBD of New Orleans. I need to vent also. Christie and I just spoke with our son, who is with the LA National Guard and in NO. They have been taking fire since the day he arrived. Wednesday night, his squad was holding in the NO Convention Center when they were attacked by a group of thugs with AK47s. They had to fire fight their way out and made it to the Superdome. This morning as they made their way from the Superdome to the end of Canal, he spent 6 clips of ammo in this 10 block span. They found the Riverwalk burning. I am not sure why, and neither are these young men, our politicians feel they need to hide the actions of these criminals from us. Our son reports that there are bodies everywhere and most have died from gunfire, not the storm.
Please keep all those who are in NO to rescue those that are in need in your thoughts and prayers. He says that although he was trained to do just exactly what he is doing, he never in his wildest dreams thought he would be doing it in his home of LA. It is all very confusing for these young men.
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You obviously are not a politician or media person! Thanks for the common sense.....
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