As far as flooding goes...I may be paranoid but...

[CanOfWhoopAss]

They have Alligators in Mississippi, Lousiana and Alabama. I don't think I'd want to wade in those flood waters. Not to be morbid but...nothing gators like more than rotting animal flesh. Won't the decaying livestock, strays and pets attract them? And what about the sharks that can swim in fresh water for short periods of time at the mouth of the Mississippi River?

[liberal N proud]

1. Not to mention the snakes

[tocqueville]

6. what I know of watersnakes are not dangerous

the only really venomous snake is the coral snake, but they live on dry land and are rare

so I think that all that snake story is grossly exagerated

[Bridget Burke]

11. "Watersnakes" are not the problem.

It's the "land snakes" that are as lost & scared as the people wading through the water.

Rattlesnakes, Copperheads & Water Moccasins are fairly venomous--they're found here in East Texas & I'll bet in Louisiana. We have Coral Snakes, too, but they are rare.

[QC]

13. Water mocassins are very venomous--and also very aggressive.

Most snakes try to get away from people, but mocs will attack. Seriously.

[jobycom]

28. Yep. And they attack in water.

[rbjensen]

14. Snakes and gators oh my!

Water moccasins live in the water in the south and after a hurricane they do follow the water, but not moving water. They are vicious bastards and aggressive but bites are usually not life threatening, especially if you get to a doctor.. which might not be so easy in a disaster. (They have killed a few of my dogs, however.) And while survivors might find one or even two in their living room, they won't be out in huge numbers, really. These folks are used to them and know to look for them. Gators are as freaked by the storm as the people. They are past the mating stage now (you ought to hear the holler at each other in the spring time) but I do believe they prefer live food to carrion. The vultures and the coyotes (if they have them in La; we have them in FL) will take care of a lot of the carrion.

But, I'll say this. You won't catch me wading through water up to my hips if I can at ALL avoid it.

[SpiralHawk]

2. The worst of all is the Crocagator

Which has the head of a crocodile on one end, and the head of an alligator on the other.

[ret5hd]

4. well, that's not as MESSY as the allidile...

which has the ass of an alligator on one end and the ass of a crocodile on the other.

[H2O Man]

10. I worry about republican dinosaurs.....

head up their ass, you know. Very dangerous.

[Botany]

15. But what about the Croc o' Mocs?

Crocodile with the venom of the cotton mouth ........ And they can fly too.

Seriously ..... NO is looking bad water is rising @ 1 foot / hour
2 levee breaks and where is the guard?

[wli]

3. the casualty coverup marches on ...

I'll bet a whole prison full of petty drug "criminals" busted for dimebags etc. drowned in their cages.

[jobycom]

5. Yeah, there's a conspiracy to cover up casualties

Officials in New Orleans have nothing to do now except figure out how to prevent the true number of casualties from being released to the press. I guess they're afrai it will hurt the tourism industry. :sarcasm:

[wli]

8. No conspiracy that I know of. It seems to be an unspoken policy.

It's done by just about every government agency for every incident involving large numbers of deaths, going back beyond anyone's ability to discover whether it was going on or not.

[jobycom]

17. Do you realize what's happened here?

They don't even have morgues to put bodies. The media isn't reporting casualty figures because there aren't any, because no one can count yet. The coroner in Harrison County was asked what to do when people came across bodies and he said not to worry about them, if they were dead they were dead, to worry about the living. That's what's happening now. No one is counting. We all know there are hundreds, maybe thousands of bodies, and the media is describing the scene, but they can't release counts they don't have.

[wli]

20. they are releasing figures, all under 50 casualties

[The Magistrate]

16. As A Matter Of Curiousity, Sir

How long do you think that could be kept concealed?

Do you have any source available to back up the allegation?

[wli]

22. It was a conjecture, not an allegation.

The administration's gross disregard for the lives of its people is so immense I find my conjecture not only highly plausible, but even likely.

[jobycom]

27. You're not making sense. This is all state and local so far.

FEMA is the only branch of the administration involved right now. They aren't in charge of what the media reports. No one is able to count bodies yet. Today they will start releasing figures, I suspect. But yesterday there was no way to count.

I can't say your conjecture isn't plausible because it isn't even conjecture. It's just a random statement based on nothing.

[wli]

29. they are counting bodies, and saying there are 50 or less

I'll just let the rest of your argument from ridicule slide.

[SoCalDem]

21. The "jailer" boasted the other day

"They'll stay right where they "belong", when asked about the prisoners..:puke:

[CanOfWhoopAss]

25. Hope his dumbass stayed there guarding them too.

[cosmokitty1627]

7. Floods are very nasty

Hi. Newbie here. Just wanted to add that when we had extensive flooding here in GA back in 1994 b/c of a hurricane...Bodies were washed out of their graves and the sherriff had to tie them to trees until they could get them identifed and put somewhere. Horrifying images I will never forget. I'm sure it will be worse in N.O. as they don't even bury underground...

[Botany]

18. Hi cosmokitty

:party:

:beer:

:bounce:

:hi:

:tinfoilhat:

[malta blue]

19. welcome to DU!

We may not know the extent of the devastation left by this storm. There are many who will never be found.

[SmokingJacket]

26. That's WHY they bury them above ground, in vaults.

It's like putting the bodies in safes. In the old days of NO, before they hit on the idea of above-ground burial, all the bodies came popping back to the surface during every flood. Pretty bad in a city regularly devasted by yellow fever, cholera, etc.

A body in a sturdy vault is going nowhere.

[Saphire]

9. what about the fire ants...millions of them can be vicious, and they float

[AtLiberty]

12. Cheer up...

The toxic gumbo might kill the reptiles and rodents...

[ElsewheresDaughter]

23. toxic gumbo ...the waters are a toxic nightmare...give me alligators

[CanOfWhoopAss]

24. Yeah I guess the alligators would be faster (nt)