My friend's Grandmother's body was finally located..LAST WEEK

[SoCalDem]

She was missing since the post-Katrina floods.. She was a very old lady who lived alone in the house she was born in.. She did not evacuate, for whatever reason, and she was finally identified (DNA, I think)..so they were finally able to have a funeral for her.. ..

My friend made sevearl fruit;ess trips down there to look for her, but was told he would "just have to wait".. they had all but given up hope..As sad as they are, they are happy to finally know where she is..

Has anyone managed to come up with an accurate count of the missing?

Isn't it amazing how they can keep track of us all, and yet when thousands die, no one seems to be able to figure it out:cry:

[K8-EEE]

1. K&R; DON'T FORGET THE KATRINA VICTIMS!

My friend's brother was just found last January....he drowned in the street several days after the storm. He had travelled to the Convention Center waiting for help that never came.

[pitohui]

21. I'm so sorry

my heart goes out to your friend

[liberaldemocrat7]

2. I'm very sorry for the deaths of your friends relatives.

Where Republicans tread, innocent people end up dead.

[Skidmore]

3. My heart is heavy for your friend and his family.

And I am so angry at the callous disregard for those who suffered at the hands of our goverment because they were deemed not worthy enough to receive support for the distress they found themselves in due to the consequences of a natural disaster.

Justice for NO and the Gulf Coast.

[BlueIris]

4. No words. Just K&R.

GOD.

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. This isn't supposed to happen in America

What have these BushCo bastards done to our country?

[Swamp Rat]

6. When I was driving to past where I once lived a long time ago,

I smelled the powerful odor of death. I thought it must be a whole bunch of animals that died near a bridge under construction over the London Avenue Canal. Well, the smell was even stronger yesterday, and then I noticed some houses actively being raised nearby... that sick, 'sweet' smell... :puke:

:(

[pitohui]

22. oh hon the london avenue canal that just makes me sick

this is bullshit, the army corps of engineers killed those people as good as if they shot em in the head

i never evacuated when i lived by that floodwall, i thought it was all modern and safe and shit

[nicknameless]

7. We've had many strong hurricanes before, but never atrocities like this.

This is the true agenda of BushCo.
Unconscionable.

I am so sorry.

[SoCalDem]

9. I know it's not fair to attribute her death to this,

but when I saw him tonight, I hardly recognized him.. he has always bowled oin my league, and after the calamity last year, he dropped out.. he's joining back up,and when he sought me out, I was startled at his appearance.. He;s put on about 50 lbs, and his hair is mostly gray now.. He's 50-ish, and I doubt that he dyed his hair before.. i think the stress of this year has ravaged him ..

It' salways nice to see people we haven't seen all summer, but tonight was a downer..

Gene's grandmother..

and a young woman who was not there tonight could not reach her Mom today, and when she went by the house, she found her Mom dead in the kitchen..she was only 41.. The medical examiners suspect an asthma attack, since she had her purse in her hand, and the contents dumped on the floor... (there was an inhaler in it..:cry:

and a good friend of ours cannot bowl because he was just diagnosed with cancer..

it was a weepy night for us all :(

[nicknameless]

10. OMG. I am so sorry.

News of three tragedies in one day? That's awful!

I wouldn't doubt that your friend's stress over his grandmother contributed to the decline in his appearance.
Stress really is damaging. So is pain, and anger, and hurt, and outrage, and the feeling of helplessness... the wake left by bushco.

I am very sorry to hear about your other friends' heartbreaking news too.

I hope the newly-diagnosed cancer was found early and is very treatable.

It sounds like it was a completely crushing day. :(
Please do something comforting and healing for yourself.

:hug:

[renate]

18. I'm so sorry about Gene's grandmother

Grandparents are special... that must have just broken his heart. It's so wrong and so horrible to think of how long it was until she was found. I hope that eventually he can focus on her life rather than on the manner and aftermath of her death. I am just so sorry for him and for her.

I hope that your friend's mother died thinking that she could still get to her inhaler and that she would be okay. Your friend's loss is still the same, but perhaps her mother didn't feel fear, just "I'll be fine if I can get to my purse".

And I am sending a prayer for your friend with cancer.

:hug: to all of you.

[ClintonTyree]

8. It's criminal what they've done, or HAVEN'T done..........

since the beginning of that horrible event. Thousands are still "missing" and you wonder if anyone really cares.

I'm glad your friends have finally been given some "closure", if there even is such a thing. Please send my condolences to your friend and his/her family. Their government failed them.

[Horse with no Name]

11. Sorry for your friends loss

Almost makes you wonder if they would have made an effort to find her if nobody was looking for her.
This administration should rot in hell for it's atrocities and I hope for them to be led to justice for them someday (okay shackled, but that is just a dream.)

[malaise]

12. How sad

Will we ever know how many people died in NOLA?

[no_hypocrisy]

13. OMFG. How tragic. Each Katrina victim must be accounted, but

this is so sad. I hope her location has eased her family's pain of not knowing what happened to her, even in a little way.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. So sad and I'm sorry. This isn't the America your friend's grandmother

grew up in.

[BrotherBuzz]

15. Our family lost my Great-Grandfather back in 1906

He died days before the San Francisco earthquake, and his casket was in transit from Sonoma Country to be buried in San Francisco when the quake struck. All freight/transit records were lost and the clues to his whereabouts disappeared. Sad as it may be, your friend's family found closure, while my Grandmother never did. She was bitter to the end as she believes her father's body was cast aside by some unscrupulous funeral director and the coffin, which the family could dear afford, was re-sold.

[pitohui]

23. wow

She was bitter to the end as she believes her father's body was cast aside by some unscrupulous funeral director and the coffin, which the family could dear afford, was re-sold.


i hear myself in that, i would think exactly the same thing

[bvar22]

16. *

"Every one has a plan...Until you hit them in the mouth." --Mike Tyson

[area51]

17. I'm so sorry. (n/t)

[pitohui]

19. oh jesus i'm so sorry

to answer your question -- the last number i heard for the dead in louisiana {mostly the greater new orleans area}was 1,588 with around 300 more from mississippi and a handful from the other coastal states so it's pushing 2,000 but i've noticed they try to keep the numbers down in the national media by either 1) not adding in the other states or 2) not adding in those who did not drown but who died later in shelters or hospitals because rescue came too late and they died of exposure/dehydration rather than drowning or tree fall

i don't know how you can have an accurate number of the missing, in new orleans, it may be somewhat accurate -- reason -- the houses were not totally destroyed so eventually they can find something

i believe the count for mississippi is a joke, look at point cadet IT'S GONE, if a family was washed away by storm surge they will never be found and if the family isn't middle class w. far flung relatives to complain (as most were not) they are not going to appear on any missing lists either

they are just...gone

[Cleita]

20. My love and sympathy to you.

:hug:

[Lisa]

24. another reason why Thomas Jefferson would be ashamed ...

From the beginning, the United States prided itself on knowing the names of its citizens, and where they were. The US pioneered census techniques now used around the world! And this continued into the 20th century, with ordinary people devoting much effort to finding the bodies of US servicemen killed overseas, even if they were complete strangers. I still cannot grasp how it could be, that the American government would forget about, and simply give up on finding, hundreds and possibly thousands of people who have gone missing right in the US.

I am glad that your friends found their loved one, though. I hope that all the victims of Katrina will be recognized and accounted for.

[pitohui]

25. we're americans too

jefferson thought he was doing a good thing by purchasing louisiana for the usa

he's spinning in his grave