Killer Katrina moves north; 55 confirmed dead

[arcos]

edited, original message:
Mississippi official says at least 50 people dead in Harrison County.
http://www.msnbc.com
No link with any other news yet, it's at the top.



Killer Katrina moves north; 55 confirmed dead


GULFPORT, Miss. - Announcing itself with shrieking, 145-mph winds, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast just outside New Orleans on Monday, submerging entire neighborhoods up to their roofs, swamping Mississippi’s beachfront casinos and killing at least 55 people.

Jim Pollard, spokesman for the Harrison County emergency operations center, said 50 people were killed by Katrina in his county, with the bulk of the deaths at an apartment complex in Biloxi. Three other people were killed by falling trees in Mississippi and two died in a traffic accident in Alabama, authorities said.

Katrina, which was downgraded to a tropical storm Monday evening, was not the apocalyptic storm that New Orleans has been dreading all these years. But it was still a nightmare for the city and a 200-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast.

Some neighborhoods in the Big Easy were submerged up to their roofs. Floodwaters gushed into Mississippi’s flashy beachfront casinos. Sailboats were flung across a highway like toys. Dozens of people had to be rescued from rooftops and attics as the water rose through their homes.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9063708/

[alcuno]

1. Said AP was reporting...

And I can't believe that nitwit on FAUX showing people drinking beer in the French Quarter. They are totally incompetent.

[readermostly]

2. Saw that, too. Just disgusting. My thoughts are with those who have

been so deeply affected and will be for a long time to come - many people maybe forever. I am trying not to think of those happy partiers. Maybe I shouldn't be so hard on them, as I don't know their stories, but that segment just seemed inappropriate at this devastating time.

[LisaL]

5. Well, what are they supposed to do?

They are drinking beer because they are happy they made it out alive.
The storm didn't hit New Orleans as it could have.
What would you have them do, go around and cry?

[Demoiselle]

3. Were the drinkers behaving like goofballs or just drinking?

I never watch Fox, so I'm opining on something I haven't seen (Not entirely new for me) but I can't find fault with people who've just survived a horror like that for getting a drink (or several) if they can. I can even sympathize with a bit of over-the-top behavior....survival is a pretty heady thing, under the circumstances.

[LeftyMom]

7. Well the water's contaminated

You can't boil it if you don't have power (unless you have a camp stove or something, which the tourists undoubtedly don't.) Beer's been the beverage of choice when the water's sketchy since the Egyptians invented the stuff. It's a smart way to stretch the water supply and probably the most plentiful safe beverage in the area.

[onenote]

8. are you upset they were drinking or that Fox showed them drinking?

[redsoxliberal]

4. thousands may be trapped in Louisiana

[maddezmom]

10. Desperate rescues in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usweatherhurricaneneworleansrescue

[fearnobush]

6. CNN's Jeanne Meserve said she saw bodies being pulled from the

water and from the attics of submerged east half of New Orleans. There could be many dead - where the fuck is the Natl guard... Ohh, thats right, they were forced to fight Chimpy's Iraqi war for his rich oligarchy.

[RamboLiberal]

9. Jeanne Meserve seemed quite traumatized by what she saw

She was choking up talking with Aaron Brown. Described how her camera guy was working all day with broken foot and how CNN people helped get a boat over RR tracks.

[saigon68]

11. They are in Iraq-Nam protecting Chimp's corporate pillagers

[rodeodance]

12. At least 50 reported dead from Hurricane Katrina

The dead toll is just started.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050830/ts_nm/weather_katrina_dc;_ylt=AslUtqIbgMaRkrjk0aJdAGOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-
At least 50 reported dead from Hurricane Katrina

By Mark Wallheiser 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - At least 50 people were reported dead in Mississippi while Louisiana officials scrambled on Tuesday to rescue hundreds stranded by high waters after Hurricane Katrina cut a deadly swath through the U.S. Gulf coast.

The killer storm inflicted widespread, catastrophic damage along the coast as it slammed into Louisiana on Monday with 140 mile per hour (224 kph) winds, then swept across Mississippi, Alabama and western Florida.

Throughout the region, shattered buildings sat among flooded streets and fields, broken boats and cars lay strewn about the landscape and debris and toppled trees were everywhere.

Officials told Mississippi newspapers at least 50 people were known dead in that state......

[Trillo]

13. RIP.

Hope they get everyone else out of there.

[maddezmom]

14. Katrina May Have Killed 80 in Miss. County

GULFPORT, Miss. - As dawn broke over the ravaged Gulf Coast Tuesday, rescuers in boats and helicopters furiously searched for possible survivors of Hurricane Katrina even as the governor said the death toll in just one Mississippi county could hit as high as 80.


"The devastation down there is just enormous," Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show.

Barbour said there were unconfirmed reports of up to 80 fatalities in Harrison County and the number was likely to rise.

The official death toll jumped sharply late Monday when Harrison County emergency operations center spokesman Jim Pollard said an estimated 50 people had died in the county, with some 30 dead at a beach-side apartment complex in Biloxi.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050830/ap_on_re_us/hurricane_katrina;_