BREAKING NEWS: 54 Dead in Mississippi

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BREAKING NEWS: 54 Dead in Mississippi

#1 Postby wx247 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:06 pm

according to KYTV here in Missouri.
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#2 Postby gilbert88 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:06 pm

:eek: ... How? Where?
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#3 Postby wx247 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:07 pm

gilbert88 wrote::eek: ... How? Where?


All I can tell you is that I am watching the newscast and as they were wrapping it up they said that they just received that word.
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#4 Postby MKT2005 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:08 pm

50 dead is only from Gulf Port, and that number will pobably only increase.
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#5 Postby wxmann_91 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:08 pm

Beat me to it, just saw it on MSNBC.

I will be praying for them and their families. :(
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#6 Postby Ground_Zero_92 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:08 pm

CBS4 in Miami just confirmed the same.
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#7 Postby shorrock » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:08 pm

on msnbc, crediting source from AP

list harrison county, ms
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#8 Postby Brent » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:10 pm

Associated Press confirming... oh dear. :cry:

That's NOT the hardest hit area...
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#9 Postby Fego » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:11 pm

An emergency official has confirmed that
there have been at least 50 hurricane-related deaths in
Mississippi's Harrison County.
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#10 Postby Lost_Packet » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:11 pm

GULFPORT, Mississippi (CNN) -- Hurricane Katrina's strike on Mississippi killed at least three people and caused what Gov. Haley Barbour called "catastrophic damage" in the state's coastal counties Monday.

The death toll was expected to rise in other states as well. (Full story) :grrr:
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#11 Postby djtil » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:12 pm

damn....i was really hoping against this....obviously was wrong...

prayers.
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#12 Postby Brent » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:14 pm

CNN just said 55!!!
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#13 Postby tndefender » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:15 pm

During Haley Barbour's press conference today he was asked what worried him most. He paused for a second and then actually got choked up before he was able to answer the loss of life. I have never seen him that emotional before. I think he probably had heard the news we are just now getting.
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#14 Postby jpigott » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:15 pm

not liking this, just wait til they get to waveland, st. louis bay, pass christian and long beach. correct me if i'm wrong but that is a preliminary toll for harrison cty. and the above towns are all in hancock cty.
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#15 Postby PTrackerLA » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:16 pm

:eek: That's just one city. :(
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#16 Postby JTD » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:16 pm

Brent wrote:CNN just said 55!!!


At LEAST 55 :eek:
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#17 Postby infonut » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:16 pm

I still have family that is missing in the Pascagoula area (have to assume they left where they were to seek better shelter). Some family in Escatawpa okay, but have to hear from some more. Trying to learn about a friend in Gautier.

I can't believe that there was so much damage and so many deaths there!
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#18 Postby sfgal » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:16 pm

I'm linking a New York Times (registration required) article confirming the deaths: 50 of the 55 were in Harrison County alone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/natio ... r=homepage

ETA: Harrison, not Hancock. I'm tired.
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#19 Postby Fego » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:19 pm

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - An emergency official has confirmed that
there have been at least 50 hurricane-related deaths in
Mississippi's Harrison County.

Remember 5 deaths already counted, plus three during the evacuation. That's 58...
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#20 Postby Mello1 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:20 pm

tndefender wrote:During Haley Barbour's press conference today he was asked what worried him most. He paused for a second and then actually got choked up before he was able to answer the loss of life. I have never seen him that emotional before. I think he probably had heard the news we are just now getting.

That's exactly what I thought. Also the Gov of LA has been hinting around this all day. I definitely think they knew something but withheld. Probably wanting confirmation before releasing to the public. I think Barbour also knows just how bad it is in the coastal areas they have yet to reach. Hopefully the people there left.
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