That's been my point for a while - touting HUGE numbers of deaths is a great political play, particularly when you're trying desperately to point the blame finger away from yourself. More input:
Katrina death toll still a question Sep 8, 10:34 PM (ET) By Jim Loney BATON ROUGE, La., Sept 8 - Estimates of the death toll from Hurricane Katrina have run as high as 10,000 but the actual body count so far is much lower and officials who feared the worst now hope the dire predictions were wrong. The recovery of Katrina's victims speeded up in the last two days. As of Thursday, Mississippi had recorded 201 deaths and Louisiana 118, while other affected states had much lower numbers. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cliff wrote: > The number of dead in New Orleans may not be as high as first > > feared..., > > > But for weeks now we've been told by the mayor of New Orleans and the > governor of Louisinana that the death toll could reach into the > thousands - the worst storm to ever hit the U.S.A. What's the death > toll now and how does that compare with previous hurricanes to hit the > mainland? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
