Katrina: Thousands dead in Gulfport, Mississippi?

This report has not been confirmed, but if true this is going to be one of the U.S.'s worst tragedies:
I have finally reconnected with my best friend who is a paramedic who was sent from Georgia 2 days ago to Gulf Port, Mississippi before the hurricane hit.

He just reached me within the last 10 mins via emergency cell phone to tell me he was alive.

Thousands of bodies have been discovered throughout Mississippi in Gulf Port, Waveland,Hancock County,Bay of St.Louis.

They are hanging in trees and they are pulling them out 30 at a time. Entire families found drowned in their homes and washing up on shore.

The stories he could tell me were brief. National Guard is on the scene and arresting anyone seen on the streets.
UPDATE:
GULFPORT, MISS. - Stunned residents emerged from shelters and homes Tuesday to start assessing the massive damage left by Hurricane Katrina as rescuers pulled bodies from crushed homes and apartments near the coast.

The death toll in this hard-hit county rose to more than 100, but officials believe that number will rise. "There's so much rubble, we won't know for a while. But I fully expect the number to be in the hundreds," said Jason Green, assistant to the Harrison County coroner...

..."We begged, we pleaded, we demanded. We told them they had a good chance of dying if they didn't leave. But there's only so much government can do to protect people," [Gulfport Fire Chief Pat Sullivan] said. "Too many people tried to ride it out. We can't regulate good sense."

Miscellania · Tue, 08/30/2005 - 20:28 · · Importance: 1

Comments

HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW YOU ARE& HOW BAD KATRINA HIT YOU?

Posted by: ALMA &LESS STARLING at Oct 1, 2005 6:34 PM

if anyone has information on ulysses hegler who lived at 544 camp avenue in gulfport please contact me

Posted by: kenneth hegler at Sep 3, 2005 10:26 AM

update: the mayor of new orleans has now admitted that it may be "thousands"

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/weather/index.ssf?/base/national-50/1125491642281932.xml&storylist=hurricane

Posted by: anonymous coward at Aug 31, 2005 1:26 PM

I hope not.

I admit to being fooled initially by the early reports in the immediate aftermath, which didn't make things seem so bad.

But since then the news gets worse every day...

The storm was huge -- even some relatives in northern Alabama were without power for many hours.

Posted by: eh at Aug 31, 2005 7:44 AM


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