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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
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To: Lady Heron

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.


2,521 posted on 09/01/2005 3:02:29 AM PDT by hunter_23
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To: nicmarlo

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.


2,522 posted on 09/01/2005 3:04:51 AM PDT by hunter_23
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To: bwteim

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.


2,523 posted on 09/01/2005 3:15:19 AM PDT by hunter_23
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To: JLO

And this has to do with a report from Mississippi about thousands dead in trees etc. not at all.


2,524 posted on 09/01/2005 3:22:08 AM PDT by hunter_23
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To: hunter_23

You are not a journalist. MFH is. Somehow I believe his sources more than yours.


2,525 posted on 09/01/2005 4:04:50 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: hunter_23

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.


2,526 posted on 09/01/2005 4:10:02 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: My Favorite Headache
"The death toll will rise very dramatically," Major General Harold Cross, commander of the Mississippi National Guard, told CNN television.

I wonder what "very dramatically" means?

2,527 posted on 09/01/2005 4:17:42 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: geopyg

He didn't say "paycheck". He said government check. In other words, welfare check.


2,528 posted on 09/01/2005 4:44:03 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: hunter_23

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.


2,529 posted on 09/01/2005 4:48:18 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: DB; hunter_23

"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.


2,530 posted on 09/01/2005 4:52:23 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: My Favorite Headache

I'm confused, have you been banned?

I see people talking about it, but no actual confirmation.

I hope you weren't...


2,531 posted on 09/01/2005 4:59:25 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: Howlin

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


2,532 posted on 09/01/2005 5:28:37 AM PDT by MississippiMan (Behold now behemoth...he moves his tail like a cedar. Job 40:17)
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To: Tall_Texan
This is like the Baby Huey of hurricanes. It was so massive as to wipe out communities hundreds of miles from where the eye travelled. That's extraordinary, even by Category 5 standards.

We got 60 MPH winds, and we're 300 MILES inland. Incredible, vicious, monster of a storm.

MM

2,533 posted on 09/01/2005 5:33:15 AM PDT by MississippiMan (Behold now behemoth...he moves his tail like a cedar. Job 40:17)
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To: hunter_23
That report proves MFH is wrong.

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."

2,534 posted on 09/01/2005 5:36:27 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: DB

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.


2,535 posted on 09/01/2005 5:39:46 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: OXENinFLA
I think that's pretty obvious to everyone except those trying to attack MFH's report.
2,536 posted on 09/01/2005 5:45:26 AM PDT by lugsoul ("She talks and she laughs." - Tom DeLay)
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To: bvw; All
I know there have always been flame wars, I just don't remember them being so vicious following this kind of a tragedy. I discount the "interruptions" post 9-11, I suppose, because I remember that those were generally caused by trolls.

Regardless, fwiw, I'm out of it. Back to being the well-mannered Grellis that you've all come to know and love!

2,537 posted on 09/01/2005 6:10:05 AM PDT by grellis (Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn)
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To: DJ MacWoW
I'm reading some of the more recent articles on deaths along the Gulf Coast. They talk about searchers with dogs going house to house, marking a house with red spray paint to indicate only the dead are inside, and moving on

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

2,538 posted on 09/01/2005 6:20:22 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: Prince Charles
I have no more info as to why he was banned in the first place.

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.

2,539 posted on 09/01/2005 6:24:58 AM PDT by Spike Spiegel
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To: Matchett-PI

Only time will tell, but I hope your predictions are incorrect. I have a sinking feeling though, that you are right.


2,540 posted on 09/01/2005 6:25:45 AM PDT by RushCrush (When will Clinton come back from his vacation in Hawaii?)
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