Mayor Nagin was basing his estimate on the voters lists. He forgot that actual bodies will be recovered this time, as contrasted with the WTC disaster when real thousands of people were incinerated.
Are you saying that a good number on the NO voter lists are already dead (and have been for years)?
Uh-oh. That means the death count will be in excess of 10,000. There were at least 10,000 dead on the voter rolls long before the hurricane.
On the other hand, in Louisiana, at least the dead get to vote the people responsible for their deaths out of office!