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19. There are 21,080 funeral homes in the United States

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 11:38 PM

Mar 2020

We can handle the dead---the problem is handling the living

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How much capacity does the US mortuary system have? [View all] Renew Deal Mar 2020 OP

backhoes? nt msongs Mar 2020 #1

Mass graves? BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #2

That's happening in Iran right now Renew Deal Mar 2020 #5

shhhh...we're not supposed to talk about that FirstLight Mar 2020 #3

cremation - large capacity for the ashes AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #4

Honestly, I'd prefer the mass grave or at least natural burial defacto7 Mar 2020 #17

Mass graves, see Iran. nt sheshe2 Mar 2020 #6

You should be OK unless you take a saw to them. Renew Deal Mar 2020 #12

Thanks for detailed reply, Deal Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #15

But sawing them is the only part I really enjoy jberryhill Mar 2020 #20

They still haven't ruled out if it's also blood-born backtoblue Mar 2020 #23

Think I read somewhere that Iran is doing mass graves. Xolodno Mar 2020 #8

While most posts on this thread deal with graves customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #9

I was thinking about that too Renew Deal Mar 2020 #13

They don't mind if they have to double up in the morgue refrigerator jberryhill Mar 2020 #21

Don't worry. We'll have capacity for the dead . . . Journeyman Mar 2020 #10

Depends on how many funeral homes in each affected area backtoblue Mar 2020 #11

Adding backtoblue Mar 2020 #14

I was talking to a guy on another forum last night, his gf dewsgirl Mar 2020 #16

I haven't heard of any shortages of embalming fluid backtoblue Mar 2020 #18

Refrigeration space is easy jberryhill Mar 2020 #22

There are 21,080 funeral homes in the United States Maeve Mar 2020 #19

I am more concerned about hospital beds. We had doc03 Mar 2020 #24

Mission Park - San Antonio - proposed plans hamsterjill Mar 2020 #25

About 7500 people die each and every day in this country. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #28

IF we get those numbers it averages 4 a state. jimfields33 Mar 2020 #29