[Howlin]

yet 33% of the identified victims in the city are white

It comes out to 52 percent of the victims are NOT BLACK.

[Gordongekko909]

The group that was hit hardest in terms of percentage of the population wasn't racial or econcomic class; it was age. The elderly died in numbers far greater than their percentage of the population.

Which should surprise absolutely no one; not only are the elderly and the very young the frailest among us, but trying to get an elderly New Orleanian of any race to evacuate in the face of a hurricane is an exercise in futility. "Why, I survived Betsy, you little whippersnapper! Back in my day, blah blah blah..."