Katrina passes '35 Keys Hurricane in Death Toll(#5 all-time)

[senorpepr]

I wonder how many will go as a direct death from Katrina. Most of the Louisiana deaths are not directly from Katrina, but rather indirectly from her because of the levee breach. Granted, the news media will look at the total number, but when it comes to the record books, only the direct Katrina deaths will be counted, which will be much lower on the above list.

From what I've seen there were...

4 direct deaths in Florida,
2 in Georgia,
1 in Kentucky,
252 in Louisiana,
26 in Mississippi.

So far... 285 total.

Almost 200 indirect deaths in MS? seems high

I agree... I'm kinda scratching my head right now. I figured the most direct deaths would come from Mississippi rather than Louisiana. I think that Mississippi number is definately in error, or old.

[SouthFloridawx]

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/sto ... loc=NW_1-T

Death Toll in Louisiana Climbs Past 400


NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Katrina's death toll in Louisiana climbed to 423 Tuesday, up from 279 a day before, the state Health Department said.

[Derek Ortt]

those that died from the flooding due to the levee break are direct deaths, since the levee break was directly caused by the hurricane, so the louisiana number is accurate

[senorpepr]

those that died from the flooding due to the levee break are direct deaths, since the levee break was directly caused by the hurricane, so the louisiana number is accurate

Yeah... I was just reading some papers on that subject. I was mistaken. They would be considered direct deaths...

[Javlin]

The numbers reported are only the dead which have been positively identified. The number of bodies found is MUCH, MUCH higher. Three days after the storm, "rescue workers" were quoted as saying they had been doing nothing but pulling bodies from rubble and waterways - estimating they had ALREADY found over 1,000 bodies in Harrison County alone. A woman I work with visited the remains of her home north of Waveland a block from a cordoned area. She said refrigerated morgue trucks were going in and out for days.

I have heard the same thing myself from friends and relatives working both BFD and GFD.Many reefer trucks and not enough corners.

[drezee]

659

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/weather/i ... =hurricane

[drezee]

Authorities said 708 dead had been confirmed in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida from the devastating storm. Fifty-one more deaths were confirmed in Louisiana on Wednesday.