MSNBC: New Orleans mayor says hundreds, possibly thousands, killed

[sabra]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9063708/

New Orleans mayor fears thousands dead
Health emergency declared across Gulf; 25,000 evacuees to go to Houston

NEW ORLEANS - In a surprising assessment of Hurricane Katrina’s lethal destruction, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said Wednesday he feared that thousands had died in his city alone.

“We know there is a significant number of dead bodies in the water,” Nagin told reporters, adding that there are others dead in attics.

Asked for a number, he said, “Minimum hundreds, most likely thousands.”

The mayor's estimate of the number of dead was far higher than those of other public officials and there was no immediate way to confirm its accuracy. In Mississippi, officials said that at least 100 people were killed by the storm and indicated the toll will almost certainly go much higher.

[seemslikeadream]

1. Thank you

I was looking for that link

:hi:

[deutsey]

2. This is horrible

:evilfrown:

[flakey_foont]

3. so tragic

I feel so horrible today about that

[Jacobin]

4. It'll be thousands, particularly if you include

St. Bernard and Plaquemine Parishes to the south....They had little or no levee system and got a huge storm surge. Thousands live down there and some probably did not evacuate..fishermen, etc who wanted to stay with their boats and try to save their liveliehoods.

This one is going to be the worst in terms of death toll since Galveston, and the biggest dollar natural disaster ever

[milkyway]

5. It's thousands. Wouldn't surprise me to pass the death toll of 9/11.