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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sun Mar 30, 2014, 03:27 AM Mar 2014

Unaccounted For Number In Washington Landslide Plummets To 30

Source: CNN

Darrington, Washington (CNN) -- The number of people missing or unaccounted for in Washington state's deadly landslide has dropped to 30 from 90, officials said Saturday.

The number of confirmed dead rose to 18 from 17, Jason Biermann, a program manager for the Sohomish County Department of Emergency Management, said Saturday evening at a news conference.

Another body was found in the debris field, but was not identified and therefore wasn't counted in the death toll, he said.

Emergency management officials had said all week they expected the number of unaccounted for people to drop dramatically as residents of Darrington and nearby Oso turned up.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/29/us/washington-landslide/

Still...30 too many. Prayers.

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Unaccounted For Number In Washington Landslide Plummets To 30 (Original Post) Purveyor Mar 2014 OP

better than it could have been dionysus Mar 2014 #1

what is the difference between... quadrature Mar 2014 #2

Missing means someone has reported them as not being where they should be Ex Lurker Mar 2014 #3

thanks...nt quadrature Mar 2014 #4

Strange way to count the dead ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2014 #5

Because they are finding body parts and shredded bodies. Once they ID that this bit and that bit uppityperson Mar 2014 #6

I agree. demigoddess Mar 2014 #8

They really DID use the word rocktivity Mar 2014 #7

dionysus

(26,467 posts)

1. better than it could have been

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 03:33 AM

Mar 2014

quadrature

(2,049 posts)

2. what is the difference between...

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 03:40 AM

Mar 2014

missing...

(and)

unaccounted for... ?

Ex Lurker

(3,813 posts)

3. Missing means someone has reported them as not being where they should be

Reply to quadrature (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 04:43 AM

Mar 2014

Unaccounted for means you don't know where they are, but there may not be anything amiss.

Example: You saw your next door neighbor working in his yard five minutes before the landslide hit. He's missing.

You haven't heard from your neighbor, but you don't know if your neighbor was home or not when the landslide hit. He's unaccounted for.

quadrature

(2,049 posts)

4. thanks...nt

Reply to Ex Lurker (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 06:10 AM

Mar 2014

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)

5. Strange way to count the dead ...

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 09:43 AM

Mar 2014

... the total is not based on number of bodies, but on number of IDENTIFIED bodies. Because the unidentified are undead?

just odd.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

6. Because they are finding body parts and shredded bodies. Once they ID that this bit and that bit

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 02:20 PM

Mar 2014

are from different bodies, and do genetic testing to see who they might be, they will release it as another death.

The first bodies they found were more or less intact, obvious finds, easily identifiable and able to tell cause of death. That changed quickly.

http://snohomishcountywa.gov/2354/530-slide