[caryatid]

To be fair, it was reported that there were instances of Rescue workers demanding that all babies and little ones be passed overhead to be the first on rescue vehicles.

In your first instance though, the children were missing from the hurricane.

My "first instance" [above] is a description of the evacuation of the Superdome. I was not there, I can only rely upon reports from people on the ground. I would have to attribute any separation of children from parents/caregivers to well-intentioned, but ill conceived, methods of those directing the evacuation, not to the evacuees, themselves. [I am not sure what you mean by "missing from the hurricane"].

In the segment of society of which we speak, it is quite common for responsible grandparents [almost always grandmothers] to become caregivers to their grandchildren whose mothers are drug addicted or otherwise unable to care for the children they produce. The pattern of reproduction in the relevant population can mean that a grandmother may be in her 30s or 40s ... not necessarily elderly by anyone's standard.

Statistically, the number of child fatalities from the Hurricane is small. The overwhelming proportion of identified victims is elderly and disproportionately white compared to the {67.3% black/26.6% white ratio}, and {11.7% aged 65+ years/26.7% under 18 years} statistics of the population of the city. Only 6.9% of the population was under the age of 5. These facts have been under- or non-reported by the MSM.

I am unaware of any legitimate lists of large numbers of missing children. Bodies are still being found on an intermittent, occasional basis ... all that I read about are elderly folks.

I weep for all of the victims of this destructive hurricane ... whether elderly, children, white, black, or other. It has been a heartbreaking thing to watch unfold.

[WV Mountain Mama]

I meant that your first instance was of childre that were evacuated to shelters, the children I am talking about were listed as missing and last seen or heard from before the hurricane hit, or separated from caretakers during the hurricane.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2077

Here is an example of what I am talking about, and I am sorry to believe that they did not survive. I hope the link works.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=1025317&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US

[WV Mountain Mama]

BTW, my only point with the children victims is that they were not given the chance to leave because they were with people who either didn't understand what a cat 5 meant, they felt they were helpless because Big Brother didn't come and get them or they didn't believe the reports thinking the hurricane would turn at the last minute. That is what I feel bad about.