Times-Picayune: New Orleans Katrina death toll breaks 1,000

[skids]

...unfortunately the online articles don't appear to have the chart.

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/news-20/1128722942208391.xml&storylist=


(From dailykos thread:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/10/8/174130/250)

[Buddyblazon]

1. From what I hear...

the "missing" number is about 10,000.

They fail to mention that though...don't they.

[leftchick]

3. bushco logic "just because they are missing does not mean they are dead"

:puke:

[Psephos]

5. Times-Picayune coverage has been extremely good

All that can be said of the missing is that they are missing.

I'm done with speculation after the fiasco of the first week's reporting. I hope others will adopt a measure of skepticism about speculation as well. Bodies are notoriously resistant to being hidden, especially when you have a lot of them. If there's a cover-up, somewhere among the the federal, state, and local governments, the military, the NGOs, the swarms of media, and especially, the hundreds of thousands of private citizens, will be those who uncover it and make it known.

I refuse to listen to any more rumors. I need hard evidence, please.

Peace.

[aquart]

2. FIRST DAY of the India/Pakistan quake...

They already have a count of at least 1,000 dead, and are mobilized to dig out more. Military is alerted to help wherever possible.

FIRST DAY.

I just mention it.

[rodeodance]

4. good for you--making that connection.

[leftchick]

7. I have been thinking of that all day

what a difference eh? :eyes:

[preciousdove]

6. Posted earlier, looking for input on the body recovery fiasco

Earlier discussion
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5008180&mesg_id=5008180

One of the body bag manufactures stated that the additional bags were needed for off-shore collection. I have seen no mention of that even being attempted. You should read the article at the link below to get an idea of how very, very badly things were run on the Federal level. You would think that no disaster ever happened before.

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/nation/12847481.htm

Another article just this week has the LA coroner saying DMORT facility just got phones on Monday. Don't you think he should have mentioned that in his other interviews asking about the outrageous delay in releasing bodies? Most spurs to action were media driven. (I suppose all statements had to be cleared by DHS.)

Gleaned from this and two other articles:

2004/05 DOD 25,000 ordered for Iraq/Afg
2004/05 DOD 89,748 ordered for US

8/26/05 NOLA 1,000 onhand in Coroners off.
8/26/05 DOD 100,000 on hand in CA/PA/US
9/xx/01 FEMA 25,000 ordered for MS/LA
9/7/05 FEMA 3,000 on hand MS DMORT
9/7/05 FEMA 8,000 on hand LA DMORT
9/7/05 DOD 17,000 on hand LA DMORT
9/7/05 FEMA/DOD ordered 50,000 status not known
9/xx/05 LA/Kenyon 12,500 ordered in contract with Kenyon
9/xx/05 FEMA 10,000 canceled
10/xx/05 DOD 30,000 ordered not del yet

Costs (25,000 body bags @ $5-50 dollars (SC bags needed 3 per body)
FEMA/MS/LA $250,000 Early Sept 05
LA $25,000 Sept 12 (bought through Kenyon?)

Note: Pets and disinterred bodies also got body bags(Yeah, sure)DOD might have sent more bags to MS.