More than 100 of them drowned. Sixteen died trapped in attics.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/18/national/nationalspecial/18victims.html?hp

Louisiana's Deadly Storm Took Strong as Well as the Helpless

By SHAILA DEWAN and JANET ROBERTS
Published: December 18, 2005
NEW ORLEANS - More than 100 of them drowned. Sixteen died trapped in attics. More than 40 died of heart failure or respiratory problems, including running out of oxygen. At least 65 died because help - shelter, water or a simple dose of insulin - came too late.

Stephan Savoia/Associated Press
Herbert Freeman Jr. and Veronica White before the funeral service for his mother, Ethel Freeman.

Where the Deaths Occurred
The New York Times examined the deaths of more than 260 Louisiana hurricane victims. Specific locations were available for more than 120 in the New Orleans area.

YOUR STORY Share your experiences via e-mail or in this forum. A study by The New York Times of more than 260 Louisianans who died during Hurricane Katrina or its aftermath found that almost all survived the height of the storm but died in the chaos and flooding that followed.

Of those who failed to heed evacuation orders, many were offered a ride or could have driven themselves out of danger - a finding that contrasts with earlier reports that victims were trapped by a lack of transportation. Most victims were 65 or older, but of those below that age, more than a quarter were ill or disabled.

The results are not necessarily representative of the 1,100 people who died in the storm-ravaged part of the state. The 268 deaths examined by The Times were not chosen through a scientific or random sample, but rather were selected on the basis of which family members could be reached, and which names had been released by state officials.


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[Botany]

1. So?

he almost made a G chord. bless his little heart

[Laura PourMeADrink]

2. this

[RB TexLa]

6. Dear God, I hope Texas goes blue before Utah

[Warpy]

3. Ethel Freeman will be the image of death by neglect

I think I'll always carry with me. Someone snapped a picture of her, wheelchair parked under a nearly bare tree in a nearly bare patch of grass, slumped over in death. Her clothes were clean and mended, and someone obviously had cared for her a great deal. She had reached shelter. Then she was simply ignored to death.

That didn't save her from a "disaster relief" agency run by incompetent cronies who thought in terms of fantasy bioterror attacks instead of real life natural disasters. They were so busy preening and guarding their images ("don't forget to roll your sleeves up!") and living a fantasy life of photo opportunities and fine dining that they simply forgot that human beings will die without food, water, and simple medical care.

This image of Mrs. Freeman should be used in the campaigns to impeach this gang and to make sure none of these callous, ignorant sons of bitches ever finds his way into any job more powerful than gas station attendant.

[Botany]

4. the one I will never forget ...

.... the one women who was poor & white crying and saying .....
"My baby will not wake up ..... he won't wake up." Later on I found
out she was OK and her son made it but tore my heart out.

2 days later * did a fly over of the city from 10,000 feet ...
"It looked awful ..... I bet it is even worse on the ground."


It was murder in that New Orleans ..... nothing less.
Either by taking the money for levee maintenance and sending it
to a hell hole called Iraq or taking LA national guard troops and their
amphibious vehicles and sending to Iraq too.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. It was murder

:mad: Bush has committed more murder than anyone. From the highest number of executions during his governorship to New Orleans. He's nothing more than a blood thirsty murder!