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2,000 graves damaged in wake of back-to-back hurricanes-Louisiana
AccuWeather ^ | Oct. 20, 2020 | John Murphy

Posted on 10/21/2020 8:12:21 AM PDT by deport

Over the last few months, the Louisiana coast has endured catastrophic damage from back-to-back hurricanes, first Laura and then more recently Delta. A path of widespread devastation was left in communities across the state, including Cameron Parish, which sustained a direct hit from both hurricanes. Remarkably, nobody was killed in Cameron Parish, but dozens of deceased family members are now missing.

The powerful storm surge associated with Laura and Delta was strong enough to cause the water to move massive granite and marble slabs in cemeteries in the hard-hit state. Vaults that held caskets in place ended up popping up "like corks," according to AccuWeather National Reporter Jonathan Petramala, who recently visited Cameron Parish and reported on the grim problem.

When Hurricane Rita struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, there were more than 300 bodies that were missing from cemeteries in Cameron Parish.

(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: graves; hurricanes

1 posted on 10/21/2020 8:12:21 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport

N’orlens...land of the dead.


2 posted on 10/21/2020 8:16:22 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: CodeToad

Except this wasn’t N.O. This was in SW LA
where Laura and Delta came ashore

New Orleans doesn’t bury underground.
They are interred above ground.


3 posted on 10/21/2020 8:23:18 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport

Luckily, they’re already dead.


4 posted on 10/21/2020 8:23:56 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: CodeToad

There is a reason the So. LA dead have been buried in above ground crypts for centuries.


5 posted on 10/21/2020 8:25:32 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: deport
Are they all dead?


6 posted on 10/21/2020 8:25:57 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: cuban leaf

Are they all dead?

************

Not sure they have found them all yet.
Supposedly they were dead when buried.


7 posted on 10/21/2020 8:28:06 AM PDT by deport
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To: CodeToad

Did they all cast their democrat vote before going missing?


8 posted on 10/21/2020 8:47:34 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: deport

300 bodies lying around and nobody’s noticed them??

Laura was 2 months ago, Delta 3 weeks.


9 posted on 10/21/2020 9:05:03 AM PDT by lizma2
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To: deport

Opps. Not 300, dozens.


10 posted on 10/21/2020 9:06:19 AM PDT by lizma2
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To: deport

Stop using airtight caskets and this wouldn’t happen.


11 posted on 10/21/2020 12:00:25 PM PDT by Farmerbob
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