Felix Aftermath

[cycloneye]

I haved been looking for information from the interior areas but without luck.All is about the coastal areas of Sandy Bay,Puerto Cabezas,the acuatic cemetary etc.Lets see if information from the interior comes later today.

[Fego]

They are talking between 200 and 3,000 deads. I think that 200 is more realistic... but..

[Buck]

I hope it's closer to 200 but I wouldn't be shocked if it was upwards of 3,000.

[Derek Ortt]

http://www.reuters.com/article/homepage ... ._CH_.2400

130 confirmed dead now and rising

[Buck]

What are we to expect with Honduras' death toll? Were they spared what we were fearing for them or will it just take even longer to hear anything from them than it's taking from Nicaragua? Last I saw, there were only a few confirmed dead from Honduras.

[Derek Ortt]

I heard that some shanty towns were filled with water as rivers burst their banks

when will we get word from the Nicaraguan interior as well? The rains only fell at .5-1.5 inches per hour for 24 hours there

[cycloneye]

http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2007/09 ... ales/58343

U.S helicopters haved seen many bodies in the water floating but no numberrs were said.Also Daniel Ortega says that the death count will be stopped until the goverment authorities can do the coundown.He says the media is spreading many numbers and to avoid confusion,from now on the numbers are going to come out very slow.

[Dionne]

http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2007/09/07/nacionales/58343

U.S helicopters haved seen many bodies in the water floating but no numberrs were said.Also Daniel Ortega says that the death count will be stopped until the goverment authorities can do the coundown.He says the media is spreading many numbers and to avoid confusion,from now on the numbers are going to come out very slow.

The numbers are already coming out slowly. We may never get a truthful count. Given the geography of the land it might be impossible to ever get a true count.

[cycloneye]

You are right about that.We may never see a final count as many were washed away.

[HurricaneBill]

Miskito Indians Vent Anger Over Felix

[Chacor]

Miskito Indians Vent Anger Over Felix

IMO, their own bloody fault for not leaving. I have little sympathy if they refused to leave. If they *COULDN'T* leave it's a different story, but many of them *REFUSED* to.

[fasterdisaster]

Miskito Indians Vent Anger Over Felix

That's not good news. If Nicaragua purportedly isn't doing enough to search for survivors, then the death toll is likely still climbing as we speak, as injured survivors die as they are without aid.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

No updated info out...

[Dionne]

Miskito Indians Vent Anger Over Felix

IMO, their own bloody fault for not leaving. I have little sympathy if they refused to leave. If they *COULDN'T* leave it's a different story, but many of them *REFUSED* to.

The quoted text said nothing about refusal to leave. It did mention that there was very little advanced warning. Kinda hard to outrun a cat 5 in a canoe. Hell, I wasn't able to outrun a land falling cat 3 in a car here in the states. Have some compassion man!

[Chacor]

Not in that story, but in plenty of others about the storm. A good bunch of them refused to leave, for those people I say serve them right. For those who were stranded or couldn't otherwise leave, I definitely hope they get the help they need asap.

[Derek Ortt]

I have also seen that most refused to leave. That is typical for Nicaragua... there were issues with the evacuations during Joan in 1988

The best way would be forced evacuations. Do not give the people the choice to stay and use all means necessary to ensure that they leave. For a long time, nobody died in the tidal surge... now, it's starting to become like the 1950s, because people are ignoring evacuation orders

If you stay on the coast in a cat 4 or 5, you are likely going to die

[fasterdisaster]

I have also seen that most refused to leave. That is typical for Nicaragua... there were issues with the evacuations during Joan in 1988

The best way would be forced evacuations. Do not give the people the choice to stay and use all means necessary to ensure that they leave. For a long time, nobody died in the tidal surge... now, it's starting to become like the 1950s, because people are ignoring evacuation orders

If you stay on the coast in a cat 4 or 5, you are likely going to die

I agree, it's necessary, but unfortunately Nicaragua just doesn't have the resources to perform something like that. It's sad but true.

[HurricaneBill]

Hurricane Survivors Recount Days at Sea

[fasterdisaster]

This is going to be at the top of this forum for weeks.

[wxmann_91]

Here's some news about the Nicaragua interior:

Nicaragua says 300 families trapped in mountains after Hurricane Felix

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — At least 300 families in Nicaragua's remote northern mountains have been cut off from the rest of the country since Hurricane Felix destroyed all roads into their communities, government officials said Sunday.

Word reached the capital after several villagers hiked three days through forests and over mountains to find help, the civil protection agency said in a news release.

Trapped residents in three communities near the city of Bonanza, about 280 kilometers (180 miles) north of the capital of Managua, are in need of food, water, medicine, clothing and blankets, according to the villagers, who also told authorities that many children are ill.

Bonanza Mayor Manuel Sevilla told Channel 8 television Sunday that the hurricane had ruined crops of bananas, citrus, corn and rice in the region. He asked the government to deliver aid by helicopter.

Felix devastated remote jungle beaches and communities along the Moskito coastline last Tuesday when it struck as a Category 5 hurricane, tearing down homes and killing scores of people.
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Estimates of the storm's death toll have ranged from 49 to more than 100, but no one has been able to tally the missing.
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Source: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/ ... elix_N.htm