Thursday, September 22, 2005

As We Brace for Rita,Katrina's Death Toll Over 1000

USA Today: "1036 deaths have been attributed to Katrina across the Gulf Coast as the nation braces for Category 5 Hurricane Rita. Officials would not speculate on what the final tally could be since, initially, authorities made hasty sweeps thru neighborhoods to identify the living and dead. That was followed by a door-to-door search, but homes w/locked doors were off-limits. Said US Coast Guard Capt Jeffrey Pettitt: "There still could be quite a few, especially in the deepest flooded areas. Some of the houses, they haven't been in yet, and unfortunately, searchers are beginning to find more children. The effort could last another 4 to 6 wks." Many homes are unsafe to enter & are so structurally unsound they are marked, "Do not enter," and seemingly every house has mold growing from every surface. Bodies are still found scattered around homes and in streets. On Tues, a badly decomposed corpse in the 9th Ward lay draped over a fence, its nearly skeletized head resting on the ground w/1 leg jutting in the air. There was no outward indication it had been marked for removal by the search crews. Reporters and photographers roaming the city have recorded numerous bodies in recent days around the city. 1 that had been marked remained in a house & visible from the street for a wk before a reporter notified authorities. It was removed that day." How sad is that? The only way a corpse can be removed properly is if the media points it out? That corpse is somone's loved one, and deserves respect. Shameful.
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