Jerry Rivers (A.K.A. Geraldo Rivera) just said 1000's could be dead

[dejaboutique]

first time I have heard the talking heads say this. Just said it now on fox. What would we do without Jerry?

[SlipperySlope]

1. I love it when people remember his real name - N/T

[eleny]

3. Me 2!

[LiberalVoice]

Thats his real name?

Meaning he changed it to Geraldo Rivera?

[dejaboutique]

10. you betcha..used to be Jerry

he is such a sensationalist. I hope it isnt true...you know Jerry though.

[CBGLuthier]

13. Not True about Jerry Rivers

There may be some dispute about his first name, which was Gerald but his last name was never Rivers


http://www.snopes.com/media/celebrity/geraldo.asp

[Walt Starr]

12. NO, it is NOT HIS REAL NAME. Saying so is an URBAN MYTH

Debunked by Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/media/celebrity/geraldo.asp

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. I Didn't Say Anthing At First

Geraldo changed his name to make himself sound hip but it used to be folks on the right who called him Gerald Rivers to remind folks he was half Jewish.....

[rodeodance]

2. Ray N. mayor of NO just said that at least "hundreds" are dead. msnbc

[rodeodance]

4. news person said GOV Blanhe did not want to count at the moment--put

effort in helping the living.

[rodeodance]

5. Many will be dead that is for sure.

[crispini]

6. Well, it's awful to say, but he's probably right.

:(

[Cooley Hurd]

7. CNN/AP: NO Mayor saying hundreds, maybe THOUSANDS dead...

GodFUCKINGdamnit!:cry:

[FlashHarry]

8. I remember Fox News' "20,000 dead!" headline on 9/11.

I mean, we were all panicked, for sure -- but that sort of sensationalism is unconscionable. I would take anything Horrendo Revolver says with a grain of salt.

[Walt Starr]

9. Geraldo Rivera is his REAL NAME! "Jerry Rivers" is an URBAN MYTH

http://www.snopes.com/media/celebrity/geraldo.asp

[SlipperySlope]

14. Well, slap my ass and call me Sally

That's a good read about Gerald.

[daleo]

11. I could believe that - at least over 500.

Just think of how many people must have stayed in the city. I would guess, based on surveys done in the past of what people expected to do, that 20% or so didn't leave. This would primarily be lack of transport, money, medical infirmity, or family outside of the area to stay with. So, that would imply perhaps 100,000 people still in the city - maybe 30,000 or so went to the dome, leaving 70,000. Several thousand have been accounted for by rescue personnel, but that still leave a lot of people unaccounted for (50,000+). If even one percent of those died, that would be 500 right there.

[TahitiNut]

16. I don't think there's ever been much doubt that fatalities would be 4 figs

I've assumed that fatalities would be 1,000 to 10,000 since Sunday. I'd be very willing to call less than 1,000 a "miracle" and over 10,000 a nightmare of incompetence.