The number of dead was still unclear, a day after Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast with 145-mph winds. But one Mississippi county alone was believed to have lost as many as 80 people — 30 of them from a beachfront apartment house that collapsed under a 25-foot wall of water. And Louisiana said many were feared dead there, too, making Katrina one of the most punishing storms to hit America in decades.
New Orleans's mayor, Ray Nagin, said hundreds, if not thousands, of people may still be stuck on roofs and in attics, and so rescue boats were bypassing the dead.
"We're not even dealing with dead bodies," Mr. Nagin said. "They're just pushing them on the side."
OK, this is NO, which, according to the media hype, dodged the bullet. Extrapolating to MS and AL, both of which got hit almost head-on, it doesn't look good.
I hope MFH is wrong, but only time will tell.
I still don't see any of this confirming thusands of bodies in the trees being plucked 30 at a time.
You're repeating the news that's been reported all night.
I'm looking at video of Slidell right now...no great masses of bodies floating in the streets there.