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....
"Too many vehicles in the driveways for many to have evacuated, imho."
In so many pictures, I noticed that, too. The media said that the ones who stayed had no transportation. My guess is they just took their chances.
I do not know anyone who doesn't have access to a car be it through family, friends, or neighbors.
It's untrue that there was no looting in Galveston after the 1900 storm. There was looting but the looters were executed. When thousands are dead, a handful more don't make the news. There were reports of people cutting off fingers of the dead so they could steal their jewelry. The fingers so bloated that the rings would not slide off.
Many blacks were also forced at gunpoint to do the worst of the clean up and body removal but were also given whiskey to help their nerves.
'Here's a horrible thought, but we must think about it. What a time this would be for terrorists to strike. I believe there are large numbers of them here, and I think the may be prepared to hit.'
I have had the same horrible thoughts..We are at our weakest now and very vunerable....I pray that does not happen
its not as bad as I thought if you havent already check here:
http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=37d65c376f671954c2fb00658b13c1f6
if you have an address check mapquest it will give you an idea where it is in relation areas or streets reported
i forgot slidell is probably in east tammany threads
"I do not know anyone who doesn't have access to a car be it through family, friends, or neighbors."
I agree.
Ah, not only will there be a problem burying the new dead, but the populace will be revisited by the corpses of the already dead. In NO when they have a storm of this magnitude, it washes the bodies, already buried in cemeteries, out of their graves. Terrible, terrible, there are just no words!
Tears in my coffee this AM! I'm also stunned at the devastation! Lord, have mercy on these people, the dead as well as the survivors! This is a humbling experience!
bttt
The French Quarter, the center of wild New Orleans debauchery, is reportedly largely intact, with water only up to knee level. Meanwhile, the towns of southern Mississippi and Alabama, where conspicuous religiosity is the norm, lie in complete wrack and ruin comparable to last winter's tsunami.
Anyone who wishes to persuade others that this storm is a manifestation of divine vengeance has to explain why this is so. Feel free to inform us.
-ccm
Here's a horrible thought, but we must think about it. What a time this would be for terrorists to strike. I believe there are large numbers of them here, and I think the may be prepared to hit.
That is a lot of water to pump out. On Nightline they interviewed the Governor of Lousisiana and she seemed overwhelmed with the situation.
The Levee must be repaired by helicopter, she said. No other way in. She did not sound like they had formulated a plan yet. The place the pumps pump to is the place where the water is spilling in from.
Some bright and industrious minds had best get to this job or New Orleans will be lost. How do you pump out an ocean?
Prayer from TX
bttt
Incomprehensible.
Thank you My Favorite Headache,fatima
A friend of mine says he thinks the major warnings before recent hurricanes that ended up less destructive than feared gave many a sense of complacency this time.
There is a strong psychological bond with our "homes" that makes us reluctant to quickly abandon them even when faced with obvious evidence of impending disaster.
It's so ironic today, with our wonderful technology, we can see a satellite image of the horrible fate we face and still deny its presence and its threat.
Death and tragedy always happen to other people...NOT US.
We are often our own worst enemy when it comes to survival.
People have a choice to live on the Gulf Coast or not. Perhaps, they should not be allowed the choice if they cannot act responsibly when faced with a threat of death from a hurricane.
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