CNN: Cadaver Dogs are engaged as heavy debris removal begins in 9th ward

[Coexist]

How sad. They said that up to two thousand people are still listed as "missing" from this area.

FEMA just recently released funds to continue this work.

CNNs reporting has moved up a notch. They had a very interesting piece on Skid Row early this afternoon.

[leveymg]

1. Q: how many official NOLA dead?

Found this at Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina#Death_toll_.28summary.29

;(
Death toll (summary)
State Official
State total County/
Parish Confirmed deaths Direct deaths Reported missing
Alabama 2
<4>
Washington 2 <5> 0
Florida 14
<6>
Broward 6 <7> 3
Miami-Dade 5 <8><9> 1
Georgia 2
<10>
Carroll 2 <11> 2
Kentucky 1
<12>
Christian 1 <13> 1
Louisiana 1,104
<14>
Ascension 9 <15> ?
Assumption 3 <16> ?
Caddo 11 <17> 0
East Baton Rouge 72 <18> 2 (?)
Iberia 6 <19> ?
Jefferson 30 <20><21> 22
Lafourche 2 <22>
Livingston 5 <23> 1 (?)
Orleans 720+ <24> 155
Plaquemines 3 <25> 3
St. Bernard 127 <26> 125 47 <27>
St. Charles 8 <28> ?
St. Landry 1 <29> 0
St. Tammany 7 <30> 6
Tangipahoa 26 <31> 0 (?)
Terrebonne 19 <32> 0 (?)
West Baton Rouge 3 <33> 0 (?)
Mississippi 238
<34>
Adams 2 <35> 2
Forrest 7 <36> ?
Harrison 91 <37> ?
Hancock 51 <38> ?
Hinds 1 <39> 1
Jackson 12 <40><41> ?
Jones 12 <42> ?
Lauderdale 2 <43> 2
Leake 1 <44> 1
Pearl River 17 <45> 17
Simpson 1 <46> 1
Stone 1 <47> 1
Warren 1 <48> 1
Ohio 2
<49>
Jefferson 2 <50> 0
Other 0
<51>
Evacuees 57 <52> 0
Totals 1,420<53> 1326+ 346+ 6,644 <54>
Note: Because of differences in the timing of reports from different sources, states' State sub-totals may not match their individual county State sub-totals.

As of January 27, the confirmed death toll stood at 1,420, mainly from Louisiana (1,104) and Mississippi (238). (Unlike some published figures, this includes deaths in Ohio (2), Kentucky (1), and among evacuees (57).) <38>

Direct deaths indicate those caused by the direct effects of the winds, flooding, storm surge or oceanic effects of Katrina. Indirect deaths indicate those caused by hurricane-related accidents (including car accidents), fires or other incidents, as well as clean-up incidents and health issues.

The New Orleans Times Picayune newspaper ran a story in November 2005 noting that 5000 missing New Orleans residents are still unaccounted for.

In hard-hit St. Bernard Parish, which was 100% flooded by Katrina, the search for the missing was slow. According to an interview in the Times Picayune, the coroner was still trying to get a list of missing from the Red Cross in November 2005. The initial list of missing persons of around 200 residents was published at several local media outlets. <39> While there were some victims on this list whose bodies were found in their homes as recently as December 2005; the vast majority were tracked down through word-of-mouth and credit card records.

As of December 2005, the official missing list in St. Bernard Parish stood at 47 <40>. It was feared that shrimpers and oystermen who usually ride out storms in their boats may have been swept into the marshes by the surge. While there were news reports of marsh searches reported on CNN, a more comprehensive search of the marshes of Eastern St. Bernard Parish was to begin in January 2006.

After protracted arguments over who would handle the costs, DNA testing began in early December to identify approximately 263 bodies that could not be identified by other means.<41>

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[CottonBear]

3. Who knows? 1,000 and 1,000s. More than on 9-11 although you'll never

hear Chimpy admit it. :(

[Coexist]

7. 1420

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina#Death_toll_.28summary.29
<snip>
Death toll (summary)
As of January 27, the confirmed death toll stood at 1,420, mainly from Louisiana (1,104) and Mississippi (238). (Unlike some published figures, this includes deaths in Ohio (2), Kentucky (1), and among evacuees (57).) <38>

[CottonBear]

2. Is there anything left for cadaver dogs to detect after 6 months?

:cry:

[Coexist]

6. they said yes, there would be an odor for them to recognize

they said as heavy debris was finally going to be removed, that they were expecting to find many of the missing bodies.

How sad.

[Joanne98]

4. Here it comes.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

5. heavy debris removal . . .

. . . has taken six months to get in full swing?

Honest to jeebus, I don't understand how they are getting away with such mass negligence. Mind-boggling.

[Coexist]

8. they said it was because the funds were just released for this.

[savemefromdumbya]

10. WHAT! there were no funds for NO yet there is for IRAQ?

[Skittles]

9. it is absolutely sickening and unbelievable

people who think this isn't about both race AND poverty have their heads clear up their ass

[faithnotgreed]

12. right ON

i can only add that their soul may be there as well

[Harald Ragnarsson]

18. Compare that to evidence at WTC complex

They had the entire WTC cleaned up in a shorter time than this and the steel shipped off to China for recycling.

[azurnoir]

11. Once the TV cameras

left the public was on to other matters.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

13. yes.

welcome to DU!

[OhioChick]

14. This is a damn shame........

What's it been now......6 months?? This should have been done long ago.

[Coexist]

15. it is very sad.

the poor families involved.

[BEZERKO]

16. OMG,

I don't mean to sound naive, but the thought never occured to me that the incompetence over clearing the massive debris from Katrina and Rita was not due to incopetence. I think they mean to minimize the death tool. It gives more time for animals to scavenge, bodies to decompose, and the true death toll never to be known for sure.

[Coexist]

17. honestly - if it is under heavy debris,

I do not think scavenging animals would be able to reach it.

At least I hope not.

[Beelzebud]

19. They've tunred us into a 3rd world country.

One needs look no further than the Gulf Coast to realize this.

When Bush calls them "people from that part of the world" shows just how fucking detached this monster truely is. These are AMERICANS he calls "people from that part of the world". As if they were some 3rd world nation with no funds to take care of themselves...

Welcome to Bush's ownership society.