Gloom-and-doom accounts are exaggerated (Things just dandy in NO! WTF?!)

[Andrushka]

Been seeing this about the place today on other discussion sites from rightwing morans who want this all to go away. I was half expecting him to come out and report on the freshly painted schools, but then remembered that he wasn't talking about the "other" place where things "aren't as bad as they are reported to be"...:eyes:

Reporter: Gloom- and- doom accounts are exaggerated

First, I kept hearing on the news that 80 percent of New Orleans was underwater. I am not very familiar with the city's geography, but there was plenty of dry land. The city is squeezed between Lake Ponchartrain on the north and the Mississippi River on the south.

Almost all the land next to the Mississippi was dry. So was a good chunk of downtown. It is true that huge swaths of the city are in at least 3- to- 10 feet of water. But a lot wasn't.

I also heard reports of alligators feeding on dead babies floating in the water. Firefighters who had spent four days using boats to rescue people said they never saw one dead body.

So the alligator item seems a little hard to believe.

I didn't even see any other reporters in the part of the city that was flooded the worst. During the 2 1/2 days I was there, I saw one dead body. But it was up on the shoulder of the freeway.

http://www2.whittierdailynews.com/ci_3001759

[aquart]

1. This guy just showed up yesterday?

[Porcupine]

2. Paging Karl Rove. Your pet reporter is at the checkout.....

desk. Please pick up your pet reporter at the checkout as he was seen running with scissors.

[Maple]

3. Any day now

I expect to find out that nothing whatever happened in New Orleans, and that rumours of a hurricane called Katrina are simply an urban legend.

[Digit]

4. He didn't see the picture from the German publication Stern then...

It showed an alligator with blood all over it's snout in a church...you could see another body in the background it had not gotten to as yet.
Dignity, my ASS!

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Sorry, but that picture of the gator

had a bit of photoshopping done to it.

[spinbaby]

11. The Stern is a reliable news source

It's very well respected. If they had this photo, it was a real photo.

[LostinVA]

12. Okay, it's well respected but "Hitler's Diary."

They've been fooled before...

[Graf Orlok]

5. The reporter was there for 2 1/2 days...

yeah...I'm sure he/she saw a lot in that time. :eyes: :sarcasm:

CNN and other news media outlets have been there since before the hurricane so I think they do know what's going on down there!

[NawlinsNed]

6. Well, yeah...

... if by New Orleans you mean either the West Bank or the touristy areas and the CBD. The historic areas of New Orleans were barely touched. Canal Street got a little bit of water, but nothing major.

And since people don't venture to the residential areas or the projects, I don't see any reason why the city couldn't reopen for tourism as early as Mardi Gras. The bigger problem is going to be getting the convention center and Superdome ready again... a big portion of New Orleans' money comes from conventions.

[wake.up.america]

7. zd`rravstvuite. 'dobroye 'ootro. a vy ot'kuda ? eom

Андрюшка,

spa`sibo

[Andrushka]

10. You're welcome!

Нe за что!

:toast:

(To the Mod: Sorry for initially sticking this in LBN - I was in two minds myself!!)

[Doris32r]

8. This is why it was so important

for the press to remain in NO and be able to photo dead bodies. As awful as that sounds... because if the press leave, Bush will be able to smooth this over and cover up how many dead there really are.

[Demeter]

13. False Hopes And Vain Wishes

I expect that when, and if, a final, verifiable, accurate count of the dead is made, it will be as bad as predicted. They've been searching in the parts of the city that are above water--they are "cherry-picking" the locations where nobody was trapped. When the badlands are surveyed, the numbers will mount. And they have to count all the dead, every city, parish, and state--limiting the count to New Orleans alone isn't fair or accurate.