Number of dead "relatively minor"

[Mabel]

I suppose this is good news, but I hate the way he worded it:

Although the search for bodies amid the Hurricane Katrina wreckage is only at an initial stage, a top official overseeing the efforts said Friday the results offer hope for a death toll lower than some of the most dire suggestions.

"I think there's some encouragement in what we found in the initial sweeps that some of the catastrophic death that some people predicted may not in fact have occurred," said Terry Ebbert, New Orleans' homeland security chief, at a news conference.

"The numbers so far are relatively minor as compared to the dire predictions of 10,000," he said.

(From CNN.com)

[concernedperson]

I just saw that headline on CNN.com and msnbc.com directly underneath the news of FEMA boy being sent back to DC. Is this a way to deflect the news?

Of course, I would be happy to hear the death toll won't be as horrible. But that was a sweep of an area where the water was recently drained not a grid search of homes or hospitals or nursing homes or businesses.

[Casshew]

Relatively minor? what a horrible thing to say and belittle the deaths of thousands.

Try saying that about September 11th and see what happens :eek:

[concernedperson]

Some of us had questions about how this task would handled. Dr. Louis Cataldie is in charge of the morgue at St. Gabriel.

Identyfying victims a grueling task

Every corpse gets a number, but not all will get a name.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/09/katrina.morgue/index.html

[kgeaux]

Some of us had questions about how this task would handled. Dr. Louis Cataldie is in charge of the morgue at St. Gabriel.

Identyfying victims a grueling task

Every corpse gets a number, but not all will get a name.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/09/katrina.morgue/index.html


Well, concerned, we know he will do a good job. I'm so glad he is in charge.

[concernedperson]

Well, concerned, we know he will do a good job. I'm so glad he is in charge.

You love him as I do apparently. Such a remarkable human being.

[Jeana (DP)]

I'm sure that they're all just about exhausted and can't be thinking clearly. It was a poor choice of words, but I'm willing to look past it.

[Pepper]

The good news is that it sounds like the body count is going to be less than expected. I sure hope they are checking the attics of all those flooded homes. But as incompetent as some of these people seem to be, it wouldn't surprise me if they overlooked the attics.

And what about St. Rita's? Is there a justifiable reason over 30 were left to die?

[BillyGoatGruff]

The good news is that it sounds like the body count is going to be less than expected. I sure hope they are checking the attics of all those flooded homes. But as incompetent as some of these people seem to be, it wouldn't surprise me if they overlooked the attics.

And what about St. Rita's? Is there a justifiable reason over 30 were left to die?
That will be a law suit and criminal trial for another day.