LA state deceased victims 9-14-05

[Be Brave]

474 confirmed deaths.

http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/news.asp?ID=145&Detail=636

September 14: Updated Number of Deceased Victims Resulting from Hurricane Katrina

* At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes have confirmed 474 deaths.

* These numbers have been reported to state officials by local coroners.

* A breakdown of these deaths is as follows:

393 are at the morgue in St. Gabriel

Parish Coroners:
East Baton Rouge – 39
Iberia Parish – 6
Jefferson Parish – 27
St. Charles – 3
St. Tammany Parish – 6

* Any death that is determined to have been caused as a result of Hurricane Katrina will be counted as a hurricane-related death. For example, this applies to people who drowned as well as people who required life-support but had it cut off and died as a result when power was lost during the storm.

Yesterday's tally: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/news.asp?ID=145&Detail=631

[elehhhhna]

1. my butt. It was 650 this afternoon. Deceased numbers or decreased

numbers?

[Be Brave]

2. 650 includes Mississippi. n/t

[elehhhhna]

11. that's what they SAY...

[PublicWrath]

3. What about Orleans parish?

Why isn't it on the list?

[Be Brave]

7. Bodies found in Orleans parish are most probably taken to

the St. Gabriel morgue, which is the main facility set up to handle large numbers of bodies.

[PublicWrath]

8. Ahh. Thank you.

Are only those bodies which have been identified being included in the published body count? I find it very hard to believe that they have found so few.

[Be Brave]

10. From what I hear from the news, body retrieval has been slow,

that's why the governor was complaining yesterday. I expect the numbers will increase in proportion to the body retrieval effort. Also, I don't think the body has to be identified to be included in the count.

[Zynx]

4. What about starvation and dehydration?

"For example, this applies to people who drowned as well as people who required life-support but had it cut off and died as a result when power was lost during the storm."

I don't see anything about starvation and dehydration that probably killed more people than drowning.

[Be Brave]

6. To be fair, the sentence says "for example". n/t

[Zynx]

9. Indeed it does, but it does not specify either.

[fooj]

5. They are so full of shit.

:spank:

[jdlh8894]

12. Question

This has been bothering me since they started the body counts.I wonder about all of the above ground tombs. I know it's kind of morbid ,but concerned if any of these might surface.

[Be Brave]

13. Yes, I have seen at least one photo with a casket which has been

dislodged from its crypt in the background. They did anticipate this to happen with flooding.