Reply #38: I talked with a woman this weekend who's convinced [View All]

[aaronbees]

the number of deaths is larger than the official tally. This was at a dinner and one-year-anniversary event in my town for evacuees who stayed here and agencies that helped out in the recovery. From Plaquemines Parish, she said there were many Vietnamese residents in the area whom she said would not have left the area and didn't seem to be there when she returned to take care of her family's property. Now, I'm not saying that's proof of anything, except that there's reason to be somewhat skeptical of offical tallies when they may not include those folks who are harder to track down. I myself am skeptical of the official tally but don't quite believe there's a conspiracy to limit the number -- just difficulties with the logistics of a large-scale tally such as this.