I would add there are a good number of tormented folks who are anxious to know whether their loved ones survived. Their stress is palpable, and understandable.
I agree and yes it is understandable but listening to the news over and over and from that predicting thousands dead is a bit out of whack. While it may be so, the media is only speculating from the most negative angle they can find. The authorities are doing the best they can down there. Unless we want more injuries and death, they need to proceed with the utmost of caution in searches.
That is the price people pay for staying, ALL coastal people know that if they’ve lived in the area more than a month. It’s a lot of territory to cover and if people are just sitting and worrying, they need to volunteer to help those in need instead of hounding and bashing the officials for answers that are not there yet. The media is doing enough negative output now to cover the entire population.
It only delays the efforts for unncessary parties to be down there or constantly telling them how they would do it. I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes, they’ve had a tough few days and a lot more to come. I doubt anyone will ever handle similar situations well enough to please even 10% of the population.
Doom spreads fast and those with delicate emotional stability could go over the edge. I’m just saying that we know nothing much yet so why assume the end of the island and the surrounding areas? I saw the same with Katrina. My sisters called me hysterical in the aftermath sobbing that NOLA was gone forever. Everyone said it was the end. Not even close. I just find the doom and gloom to be wasted time and energy. It is what it is and we will know soon enough.