Posted on 08/30/2005 10:10:45 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
That this idiotic thread is still up says nothing good about FR at all. I have family that has driven through the destruction, and what MFH claims is simply untrue.
That report proves MFH is wrong. That report has nothing to do with 'thousands dead in Mississipii, and bodies in trees'. It has to do with a report, not covered up at all, about possible dead people in New Orleans. Use your judgement.
Fair question. I am from Mississippi. My brother in law is a priest in New Orleans, and just got evacuated to Houston, after he stayed behind and helped refugees at his parish in central NO. My cousin just reported in from driving through areas she could get to in the Pascagoula/Moss Point area. I have studied weather in general, and hurricanes in particular, for many years as a lay person.
That said, I have an uncanny knack for finding people I know, or relationships to things in many places. I have travelled around the world a lot for work, and I have worked in several very different industries. I pay attention to what is going on, and read critically. I have interests in a lot of diverse areas and try to read up or keep up on them.
And this has to do with a report from Mississippi about thousands dead in trees etc. not at all.
You are not a journalist. MFH is. Somehow I believe his sources more than yours.
Were they going to the same place as where MFH's friend was at?
If not, their damage reports don't have any bearing on that location.
I wonder what "very dramatically" means?
He didn't say "paycheck". He said government check. In other words, welfare check.
The simple fact is, little is know by anyone yet. All the rubble and houses that are still standing have to be searched. There are thousands of square miles to go through. It will take weeks to know the true extent of all this. By the shear scale of it, it can't have a good outcome.
"By the shear scale of it, it can't have a good outcome."
See my
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474387/posts?page=2432#2432
please.
I'm confused, have you been banned?
I see people talking about it, but no actual confirmation.
I hope you weren't...
We're fine, Howlin. We live in the north part of the state, 300 miles inland, and still got 60 MPH winds but no important loss. One tree blown down and power was out for around 30 hours. Insignificant.
thx...
MM
We got 60 MPH winds, and we're 300 MILES inland. Incredible, vicious, monster of a storm.
MM
I don't think so.
'Destruction here is worse than the tsunami' (S. Mississippi)
Sun Herald ^ | Tue, Aug. 30, 2005 | MELISSA M. SCALLAN
Some people are saying the destruction is worse than Hurricane Camille. Others aren't saying anything, staring in wide-eyed wonder at the total devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
Just last Thursday, Katrina hit South Florida as a Category 1 hurricane. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, she moved through the Gulf, slowly gaining strength and growing larger until she became a Category 5 with winds of 175 mph.
Monday morning, she hit Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana, then moved slowly north, slamming into the Louisiana-Missisppi line as a Category 4 storm and causing destruction of buildings and homes along the Coast and in southeastern Louisiana.
"Catastrophic is an understatement," one resident said.
South Mississippi isn't exactly the ideal tourist spot right now, but the hurricane has drawn journalists from all over the world who want to cover what could be the most costly and deadly natural disaster in U.S. history.
Kim Riseth is one of those journalists. He works for a newspaper in Norway but is based in New York City. He has covered the war in Iraq, as well as the tsunami in Sri Lanki.
He and a photographer flew to Florida on Monday and droveto South Mississippi early Tuesday to write about the damage wrought by Katrina.
Riseth found his way to the Harrison County Courthouse after walking around surveying damage for several hours.
"The destruction here is worse than the tsunami," Riseth said at the Emergency Management Agency. "It's exactly the same thing I saw in Sri Lanka. The houses were smaller and not as strong as the ones here, but this place is totally destroyed about three blocks from the beach."
When asked if the pair planned to travel to New Orleans to cover the hurricane's damage to one of America's most famous cities, Riseth said no.
"The better story is here."
Yes he was for a time last night, but he was reinstated apparently. I have no more info as to why he was banned in the first place.
Regardless, fwiw, I'm out of it. Back to being the well-mannered Grellis that you've all come to know and love!
Yet the "official" death count for Mississippi stands at 100.
Read between the lines. The real death toll is high. So high that it would cause immense outrage if it were stated right now, outrage that would be dangerous to the powers that be
So what we will see is trickles of the truth over the next few weeks, as the numbers gradually rise. Letting people know slowly enough is the way to mute the inevitable rage
I think it is fairly evident that SOME FR mods are the same people who start with the namecalling when FR posts something contrary to government propaganda goals. Perhaps they realize the futility in this case.
As of this morning, STILL no news about the death toll on nows I listened to on the radio on my way to work.
Only time will tell, but I hope your predictions are incorrect. I have a sinking feeling though, that you are right.
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