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Katrina bodies warehouse
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| 08/30/06
| katc
Posted on 08/30/2006 7:25:14 PM PDT by Ellesu
A warehouse in downtown New Orleans has become the focus of a heated post-Katrina debate. In the warehouse, which is in sight of the Superdome, are more than 100 caskets. Those caskets contain the bodies of Katrina victims who were either never identified or never claimed by their families.
The state had planned to bury the victims at a special site 60 miles away but Mayor Ray Nagin nixed the idea.
Nagin wants the bodies buried in New Orleans. Problem is it could take at least a year to raise the million dollars needed to build a cemetery and memorial.
In the meantime, the bodies will remain in the unrefrigerated warehouse.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: bodies; holeintheheadnagin; katrina; mybodiessyoucanthave; nagin; naginsarmyofdarkness; neworleans; pulightamatch; warehouse
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:25:15 PM PDT
by
Ellesu
To: SeafoodGumbo; LA Woman3; mom4kittys
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:26:07 PM PDT
by
Ellesu
To: Ellesu
My guess is the city was holding on to the bodies to get FEMA to pay for burying them.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:26:35 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Democrats = terrorists)
To: Ellesu
More than 100 bodies in an un-refrigerated warehouse for at least a year?
I think we may be dealing with the latest Katrina myth here.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:29:19 PM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(If the people lead, the leaders will follow.)
To: Ellesu
In the meantime, the bodies will remain in the unrefrigerated warehouse.Uh, don't bury me and I'll raise a stink.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:29:23 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Do moderate muslims luv us infidels and Jews?.... Didn't think so.)
To: Ellesu
They don't actually bury people in NO do they? Aren't they in crypts above ground because of the water table?
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:30:36 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(You! Shake your junk!)
To: Ellesu
Let Nagin come up with the money to do it.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:30:41 PM PDT
by
texgal
(end no-fault divorce laws return DUE PROCESS & EQUAL PROTECTION to ALL citizens))
To: Ellesu
In the meantime, the bodies will remain in the unrefrigerated warehouse. Air causes bodies to deteriorate more quickly.
By the time Nagin decides to bury these people, they will be dark tissue over bone.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:31:29 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
(Today, we settled all family business.)
To: Ellesu
I thought there were no burials in NO, that everyone was interred above ground.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:31:49 PM PDT
by
Roccus
To: isthisnickcool
Yes, in New Orleans when you die you go into a tomb.
To: Arm_Bears
I think we may be dealing with the latest Katrina myth here. There is no odor. The bacteria did their thing a long time ago.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:32:43 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
(Today, we settled all family business.)
To: trumandogz
the oldest cemeteries here are below ground. There isnt any real reason anymore other than tradition for above ground crypts; concrete sarcophagi arent affected by water.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:36:20 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(Proper foreign policy makes loud noises.)
To: verum ago
So, Metairie Cemetery and all the tombs are just for show?
To: Ellesu
Nagin wants the bodies buried in New Orleans.Makes sense to me. He's needs every vote he can get.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:41:03 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: Ellesu
In the meantime, the bodies will remain in the unrefrigerated warehouse.Color me dubious. Not that I don't trust "the news" anymore.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:41:38 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: sinkspur
And nary a peep about the stench of decaying bodies early on.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:42:15 PM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(If the people lead, the leaders will follow.)
To: Ellesu
Cremation is more practicle. Less real estate involved.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:42:17 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: Ellesu
The city should be turned into a huge parking lot.
To: Ellesu
With the contents of secret overseas bank deposit boxes belonging to Nagin, Blanco and Landrieu the entire city could be rebuilt, including a new cemetary.
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:50:37 PM PDT
by
Inge_CAV
To: Ellesu
Nagin wants the bodies buried in New Orleans. Problem is it could take at least a year to raise the million dollars needed to build a cemetery and memorial. In the meantime, the bodies will remain in the unrefrigerated warehouse.
Nagin really knows how to create a stink, doesn't he?
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posted on
08/30/2006 7:52:25 PM PDT
by
Wil H
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