CNN: 25-30 people dead at nursing home in Chalmette, LA

[Fleshdancer]

and so the horrible discoveries begin. :cry:

[Halliburton]

1. more like 0-5 after Fema counts them

they don't want reporters following them so they can suppress the body count

[Bluebear]

2. Diebold will announce the final tally somewhere between 89 and 119.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Most likely

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[elehhhhna]

3. "why didn't they just roll their beds to Arkansas?"

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Boy, you understand freepers all too well!

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[sniffa]

8. what about me?

i understand too!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Well, let's see your best freeptard impersonation. *g*

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[sniffa]

12. #7

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4684495&mesg_id=4684600

[elehhhhna]

13. lol

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. *rofl* Ok... That gets my stamp of approval... erm, I mean approvaL

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[NorthernSpy]

15. I've heard people wondering why the ablebodied didn't just swim...

... to safety.

And some did just that, certainly. But flood waters are not necessarily swimmable; even young, relatively healthy survivors are not necessarily in any shape to attempt such a thing; and the ablebodied may understandably be unwilling to leave behind weaker, older, and sicker family members. Add to that the sheer distances involved and the fact that the survivor -- who was been without communication with the outside world for days -- likely has no clear idea of where safety is, and you can see that this "reasonable" advice is not so reasonable after all.

And the people coming up with this stuff aren't always total dumbasses either. It's just that the whole "personal responsibility" ideology seems to blind its adherents to the basic realities of situations like this one.

[maine_raptor]

4. Is that the one that Brousard was crying about on MTP?

Well at least it will help Save Social Security.:sarcasm:

[Cooley Hurd]

10. Yes, I believe it is...

:grr: unsure how much more I can take...:grr:

[sniffa]

7. weLL, that's an improvement for them

[applegrove]

9. Oh Dam that is sad. I was just thinking of that town. God help us.

[ismnotwasm]

16. I worked a nursing home for so long

I have these horrible images in my head. I wont share them. I KNOW how they must have died. Worse and worse.