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....
I certainly hope that's not the case. What we know so far is bad enough.
We didn't used to have so many that have to "win" even when they didn't.
btw what is your casualty estimate?
"And WHEN DID THE A$$ MEDIA EVER TELL THE TRUTH?"
That's all for today folks...thanks for playing Chef...please join us again for another round of "Conspiracy's Everywhere"...I'm Wink Martindale...good day everyone.[/sarcasm]
That is true, and I believe especially true in New Orleans. Trips to the other gulf areas are more prone to automobile travel than is travel into and out of New Orleans. I do know that flights were cancelled long before the mayor decided that people should consider evacuation. And rental cars ran out quickly, leaving many travellers stranded.
Had the levees held on, New Orleans would not be in nearly the situation that it is now in. It would have, in the premature words of Shepard Smith, "dodged a bullet".
Who knows. The bulk will come from New Orleans.
There won't be the "thousands" in Mississippi like the OP claims there already is.
And I'm not stupid enough to let you pin me down to a number.
Post 1461.
Nearly everyone could have moved inland ~one mile IF they had so desired, by car, walking, wheelcahir, or on some's back. Most refused for some delusioned reason or another.
Nice compassion there as you sit comfortably at your computer and judge the truly helpless.
I don't know, but my father used to call me a knucklehead. ;)
Seriously, here's a constructive thread. (BTW, I got that Instapundit link from Hugh's site.) :)
I've never been to NO but I imagine that by the time their officials said it was time to leave it was too late to try. The incompetence is breathtaking.
God rest your friends soul, now just go F@(# OFF IDIOT!
Damn. Hugh, what on earth are you trying to accomplish here? If you are reading this, please do tell. You link to blogs all the time, with "uncorroborated" accounts, how is this any different? It wasn't some random yo-yo who signed up here today to post stuff. Geesh. I really don't get the hang-up with this story.
No, that's not what we did. Though I will admit to writing my response poorly.
What I intended to say was when there are strong indicators an area with good infrastructure and communications has had a death-toll in the thousands, it is not a great leap to infer the more rural areas are harder hit.
That is why NO is being brought up to you. No one seriously doubts your ability to understand the inference without it being explained.
SEARCH: Officials say emergency workers are finding bodies all along the waterfront.[snip]
Hundreds are feared dead, Biloxi spokesman Vincent Creel said.]
"It's going to be much higher than anything we've ever seen," said Jim Pollard, spokesman for the Harrison County Emergency Management Agency.]
Public officials were skittish about relaying fatality numbers because firefighters, other emergency workers and even volunteers navigated mountains of debris Tuesday, finding bodies all along the waterfront.]
[snip]
In East Biloxi, firefighters and emergency workers pulled bodies from the debris, mostly in areas inaccessible to sightseers. The firefighters tucked the bodies into black bags, laid them on the ground and resumed their search.
Don't worry. Hugh will be back to covering the Roberts nomination next week. If you are interested in the judiciary, you are in for a treat. Nobody covers matters judiciary better than Hugh.
AK 47'S Oh wheeeee.
Doesn't sound good at all.
Thanks.
Has anyone said that they wished Governor Jeb Bush or Rudy Giuliani were in charge of this situation right now? If not....I am.
no...and now new thread out on forum
BREAKING - MARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN NEW ORLEANS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474455/posts
Having participated in and read the first few threads as the storm approached over the weekend, it was quite clear by Saturday afternoon that this was going to be big, and that it's projected paths were beginning to converge on the New Orleans area. The airlines knew it and cancelled flights. The railroads knew and redirected rail traffic from the area. The President knew and pre-emptively freed up disaster funds for Lousiana and Mississippi (IIRC). The Governor probably knew it as well, but hoped that it would turn away or weaken as many had done before. The mayor knew, but wanted the city to extract a few more dollars from their guests. Or maybe he really was scared of the trial lawyers.
It wasn't until mid-morning on Sunday that the Mayor decided to declare that all should evacuate the city or head for the dome. Strong rumor (and maybe it can be backed up) is that the President told either the Mayor of the Governor that the evacuation had to be ordered.
That was posted on FR. I have this link.
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