crazycajuncane wrote:vacanechaser wrote:As far as the death toll went... and we'll never find out the actual death toll, because our government is going to hide the official numbers.... I've heard the death toll being reported is 1,800. The damage has been estimated at $81 billion, but economically speaking New Orleans has lost so much more.
this comment is whats crazy... hide the death toll.... whatever... i guess you fit in with the nuts that think andrew killed hundreds and hundreds of people and the gov't covered that up too... i mean come on.... that is just a comment to stir things up and i guess i fell for it...... thats just utter rubish....
Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team
Yea I believe it. I've been told by a first responder that during Hurricane Ivan they ordered refrigeration trucks to take out 71 bodies in escambia county. He said, "You'll never know the official death toll count."
I'm sure most people will turn the other cheek and call people fools who believe other than what the government puts out there. I'd be a fool to not take the word of a first responder that was on the scene when they wouldn't let people back for three days. He was the first man in. Go check the Hurricane Ivan death toll and come back and tell me if you believe that.
ohhh, dont think that i believe what the crooks in D.C tell me... i "aint" one of those... trust me... however, you cant always believe what you hear from those people either... not that they are liers, but when you are that close to the event, and dealing with it for days, you may have a tendency to over speculate...
i was at the eoc office during frances in fort pierce and herd them call for nearly 100 body bags and several trucks before the storm was over... when i asked about that, he said we have been told to always over do the expected total.. "you dont want to get caught with your pants down"... they really believed that there would only be a handful of deaths to deal with...
Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team