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Astonishing Exclusive From Mississippi [hundreds if not thousands dead]
Paramedic Rescue Operation | 8-31-05 | My Favorite Headache

Posted on 08/30/2005 10:10:45 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

It is with heavy heart I write this...

I have finally reconnected with my best friend who is a paramedic who was sent from Georgia 2 days ago to Gulf Port, Mississippi before the hurricane hit.

He just reached me within the last 10 mins via emergency cell phone to tell me he was alive.

Thousands of bodies have been discovered throughout Mississippi in Gulf Port, Waveland,Hancock County,Bay of St.Louis.

They are hanging in trees and they are pulling them out 30 at a time. Entire families found drowned in their homes and washing up on shore.

The stories he could tell me were brief. National Guard is on the scene and arresting anyone seen on the streets.

The numbers are staggering and what I have been told tonight will shake people to their foundation as the numbers will be coming out in the next 24-hours of just how many people have actually perished in these and 3 other beach communities.

More to follow....


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: 2368; armydjdumbass; baystlouis; biloxi; casaloma; catfight; disaster; eatingourown; godblessthem; godhelpthem; gulfport; hughhewitt; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; katrinaandthewaves; mississippi; passchristian; prayer; puppetmasters; waveland
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To: hunter_23; ARealMothersSonForever
I don't know MFH, and I am sure he/she is a great guy, but this kind of posting is irresponsible.

Hunter, My Favorite Headache will be around on this forum for another four or five years, probably a lot more. You've got about four or five minutes, I'm guessing.

Use them well!

1,021 posted on 08/31/2005 6:35:50 AM PDT by grellis (Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn)
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To: chucks

Go to the www.clarionledger.com. From what I read there, this report seems to jive with what MS officials are saying and not saying.


1,022 posted on 08/31/2005 6:36:02 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: My Favorite Headache

I was afraid the count would be high – but I was thinking (hoping?) it would "only" be in the hundreds. From the aerial video clips we’ve seen I wouldn’t doubt it to be in the thousands.


1,023 posted on 08/31/2005 6:36:23 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: adam_az

I agree. Everyone should have a pantry in case of even small emergencies. I doubt we'll ever own a gun, but...who knows? Times to come may warrant it.


1,024 posted on 08/31/2005 6:36:24 AM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: Victoria

We'll be needing strong stomachs and extra strength Tylenol or some such to cope with all this bad news. Good thing I get Animal Planet in my cable package so I can tune out all this overwhelming bad news.


1,025 posted on 08/31/2005 6:37:52 AM PDT by tob2 (Old Fossil and Proud of It!)
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To: DB
I'm a bit skeptical of that report because I doubt the original source saw all those places with his own eyes. The "pulling them out 30 at a time" sounds like its from that one apartment complex that collapsed, and people are now extrapolating/guessing.

No intent to deceive, but perhaps some jumping to conclusions.

I don't disagree. That's entirely different than calling the poster of the thread a troll and doing it to "pull everyone's chain". Or that it shouldn't be posted because its "hear say" and there's no supporting links. Obviously...

Thank you for posting this, because it's not obvious to one person.

1,026 posted on 08/31/2005 6:37:55 AM PDT by thecabal
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To: cyncooper

LOL.


1,027 posted on 08/31/2005 6:38:08 AM PDT by Victoria
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To: George W. Bush

On the Weather Channel, the on site reporter (wears a black baseball cap) just said," I believe that this will be the costliest and most deadly natural disaster to ever hit United States."


1,028 posted on 08/31/2005 6:38:15 AM PDT by B4Ranch (The New World Odor is UN-American)
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To: chucks

There's no access to much of the destroyed areas. It is going to take time (weeks) before we really no the extent of it all.


1,029 posted on 08/31/2005 6:38:56 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: txradioguy

Hello.

:)


1,030 posted on 08/31/2005 6:39:04 AM PDT by cyncooper
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To: JennysCool
Huh?

That was too goofy for me to follow. Call George Noory.


That's what my wife says too. Writing clearly is not exactly my strong suit.

signed,
Foghorn Leghorn
Not Goofy
1,031 posted on 08/31/2005 6:39:14 AM PDT by BillCompton
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To: My Favorite Headache

It is sad, and may God welcome them to his breast... but it is of little supprise that this storms death toll will be measured in the thousands if not tens of thousands.

As they gain more and more access to the area, more and more deaths will be discovered.


1,032 posted on 08/31/2005 6:39:16 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: George W. Bush
You can go there if you want but doesn't it seem a little strained to creatively 'interpret' a post on an Internet forum by an anonymous poster of a second-hand account from an unidentified source?

You may not know My Favourite Headache but we do. And the Mods usually pull unsourced threads unless they know the poster.

1,033 posted on 08/31/2005 6:39:29 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: txradioguy
YOu better watch your own backside for that electrical bolt before you go threatening it to other people.

She wasn't referring to you, but to Hunter_23 at post #938.

You need to just stfu, pal.

1,034 posted on 08/31/2005 6:39:55 AM PDT by grellis (Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn)
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To: chucks

The Main Stream media is NOT imbedded with rescuers... getting to these sites is still difficult at best... as access gets easier, they will report the numbers...

Or you could take the cynical approach and say they aren't reporting them for dramatic effect and to keep you watching...


1,035 posted on 08/31/2005 6:41:03 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: chucks
Unfortunately, it sees like it is that bad already in some areas:

GULFPORT, MISS. - Stunned residents emerged from shelters and homes Tuesday to start assessing the massive damage left by Hurricane Katrina as rescuers pulled bodies from crushed homes and apartments near the coast.

The death toll in this hard-hit county rose to more than 100, but officials believe that number will rise. "There's so much rubble, we won't know for a while. But I fully expect the number to be in the hundreds," said Jason Green, assistant to the Harrison County coroner.

In an auxiliary morgue downtown, hearses unloaded bodies uncovered by search-and-rescue teams.

"Several families have brought in their dead," Green said.

County Supervisor Connie Rockco said it appears the heaviest loss of life was in east Biloxi, where an apartment building collapsed and killed 30 people.

"But there are fatalities from one end of the county to the other," Rockco said. - Houston Chronicle

1,036 posted on 08/31/2005 6:41:23 AM PDT by JennysCool (Non-Y2K-Compliant)
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To: JennysCool

I can't find the article now (or won't take the time), but the New Orleans paper ran a series of articles two years ago about the doomsday scenario.

Estimates are that a Category 4 or 5 hurricane would kill 25,000 to 100,000 in New Orleans alone.

Since the levies didn't burst all at once and many were able to escape to their roofs, I doubt we will see quite that many dead in New Orleans.

But for the who Louisianna - Mississipp area? I expect to see the total run into the five digits.


1,037 posted on 08/31/2005 6:42:03 AM PDT by montanus
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To: chucks
I'm sure that there are 200-500 dead, but several thousand?

Whole cities are obliterated. And most did not evacuate. So...why is it hard to believe?

1,038 posted on 08/31/2005 6:42:19 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: grellis

Get bent grellis.


1,039 posted on 08/31/2005 6:42:28 AM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
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