[dmw]

A lot of people (myself included) are not calling anyone a liar or saying it isn't possibly true. Some of us are just questioning why there is no verification of this from other sources almost 12 hours after the post. We are all independent people who think for ourselves and the more questions we ask the better informed we are. Koolaid drinkers--we are not.

[olde north church]

Government Believers, you are.

[papertyger]

We are all independent people who think for ourselves and the more questions we ask the better informed we are. Koolaid drinkers--we are not.

Admirably put. Nevertheless, under the circumstances, twelve hours isn't nearly as long a time in a disaster area as it is in front of a computer.

Keeping quiet about high death tolls would be prudent at this point if for no other reason than avoiding outsiders looking for more information.

[jwpjr]

Thank you for a calm and succinct response to the original posting and to some of the vitriol that has followed that posting.

I find it difficult to believe that there are that many dead bodies in full view and none of them have been visible on all the footage that is coming from that area.

I know lots of paramedics, in fact was once Chief of Paramedics for one of the earliest and largest systems in the country. This is not the type message I would expect from a paramedic.

I am bothered by a lot of the live reporting coming from the people on the ground in the area. They talk of streets being impassable, but there is a steady stream of cars on the highway behind them. When they have their camera person pan the area you see other stand up reports being done showing the same area of destruction. When they talk about roof top rescues they seem to be showing the same footage over and over.

Like you, I am not casting dispersions on the people or the coverage. But much of the coverage I've seen so far is questionable.