death tolls Katrina/Rita

[Houstonia]

I wonder if there will be any overlap of death tolls and how hard will it be to distinguish whether a death was caused by Katrina or Rita.

Sad possibility, but I suppose no impossible?

[Eye10TX]

I've tried to read and watch as much as possible about Rita, although I missed some while hunkering, but I haven't seen anything on the 'Net about the one death caused by Rita in TX.

It was a little 3-year-old boy in Point Blank, TX, who was killed in his bed in his family's mobile home when a very large tree fell on it and crashed through the roof. He was sleeping with his 6-yo sister and his mom and dad all in the same bed, huddled together scared from the storm. He was on the far end and that's where the tree landed.

Point Blank is on the east side of Lake Livingston.

[LAwxrgal]

There was also a man on whom a tree fell somewhere in E TX (forget the location), and a tornado touched down in Mississippi, killing a woman in a mobile home.

Also just heard on my local news that 5 people were found in a Beaumont apartment, killed due to carbon monoxide poisoning from their generator.

[thermos]

The Wikipedia entry lists 29 deaths for Rita and 1079 for Katrina.

Rita: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Rita
Katrina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

[Eye10TX]

The Wikipedia article had been updated to 30 total for Rita when I went to it a little while ago.

I don't have time to figure out how to contribute my addition to the total and can't find anywhere that there is an editor to whom I could just send these two items and let them incorporate it into the article updates.

The first of these is the one I reported above, which has NOT been included in the total of 30 deaths. The second one is more detail on a death that HAS BEEN included in the 30 total, but is listed without any details, such as the county where it happened.

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http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/ ... 09ba9.html

Rita's youngest victim claimed by fallen tree
12:25 PM CDT on Monday, September 26, 2005
By Dave Fehling / 11 News

Hurricane Rita was deadly and one of its youngest victims was right here in the Greater Houston area.

A 3-year-old boy died when a tree fell on his home in Point Blank near Lake Livingston in San Jacinto County.

VIDEO: http://www.khou.com/perl/common/video/w ... 105_050925
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http://www.click2houston.com/news/5018305/detail.html
Angelina County Man's Death Blamed On Rita
POSTED: 4:29 pm CDT September 25, 2005

HUDSON, Texas -- An Angelina County man was found dead of a broken neck and head injuries after a tree blown over by Hurricane Rita fell on him, county authorities said Sunday.

Billy S. Ball, a county justice of the peace, said Johnny Long, 79, of Hudson, was found at home Saturday by a neighbor.

Long was a former city manager of Hudson, a town of about 4,000 just west of Lufkin.
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[HurricaneBill]

According to Wikipedia, Rita is blamed for 6 direct deaths.

[thermos]

According to Wikipedia, Rita is blamed for 6 direct deaths.

Yes and 38 overall deaths from Rita now.