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In reply to the discussion: Hundreds of people have died in Florida [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)have been lost, a subject horribly real to people who've lived through hurricanes, got overwhelmed and distracted from. We had a rush of posts pushing political memes, prematurely angry about DeSantis manipulating numbers that don't even exist yet, the now-routine exploitation of tragedy to promote grievance, and of course a good splash of conspiracist thinking added in.
Your and others' concern about real people who have been killed is real, and of course the hope is that the toll will be as low as can be, whatever that is. What we're learning, now that Ian has moved on and searching is possible, is what this thread should be about.
Speaking of progression, that Lee County sheriff who, overwhelmed by the unprecedented scale of the disaster, yesterday initially believed himself that deaths in his area would be in the hundreds. Then somewhat later less emotionally and cautiously reported that 5 had been confirmed so far.
And so we wait for the tally of tragedies.