"It's going to be much higher than anything we've ever seen," said Jim Pollard, spokesperson 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.
I suggest you read my post 1347. I am not going to bother posting the article seperately because I think this thread already makes the point. If they are skittish about reporting casualty figures but freely admit it's in the hundereds, it wouldn't suprise me to see 1000 or more people dead.
"It's going to be much higher than anything we've ever seen," said Jim Pollard, spokesperson for the Harrison County Emergency Management Agency."
Please tell me how that equates to "thousands"?
More than they've ever seen could be 300.
"I suggest you read my post 1347."
I've read them...doesn't change my mind.
People are pole vaulting to conclusions that the facts don't support.