NOLA list of dead. Check out the ages.

jobycom

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Tue Oct-11-05 11:46 AM
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NOLA list of dead. Check out the ages.

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWL100805katrina.cfe56912.html

This is a list of the deceased that have been identified so far. Check out the ages. Almost every one is over 60, and many are much older. One victim is listed as 102. It makes me sick to hear Repubs saying these people deserved their fate for not being able to evacuate.

This list is only those who have been identified, do the average age may change when all are identified.

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melissinha

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Tue Oct-11-05 11:51 AM
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1. however

I am sure they were able to identify nursing home resident victims easier because as a whole they were left behind, thats why their names were available quite quickly. It is highly likely that once a more comprehensive list is provided, the average age will decrease dramatically... Its a matter of ease of identification.

But it is still VERY sad that nursing home residents were left, I worked at one and that would have devastated me.

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jobycom

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Tue Oct-11-05 12:00 PM
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5. That's a good point

I was trying to decide what all could skew the averages this early on. I forgot how many victims were from nursing homes. I was wondering if elederly victims were identified earlier because their families would have searched more quickly for them, being less likely to assume they had taken care of themselves.

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AirmensMom

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Tue Oct-11-05 11:53 AM
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2. Wow, that's sobering.

But good luck trying to get repubs to see the truth. My MIL is so abusive to her 96-year-old MIL. When my husband said maybe she should be nicer ... maybe she would need someone's help someday, she said she would never "let herself" get like that. She's in her 70s and healthy, so she thinks she's invincible. "Everyone should be self-sufficient," so say all the able-bodied repubs with silver spoons up their asses.

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CountAllVotes

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Tue Oct-11-05 11:57 AM
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3. That good old silver spoon theory oh yeah ... :(

<< Most of the stories you are hearing complaints of not enough help from Katrina are from people of New Orleans who do nothing to help themselves, Never have, expect anything they so desire on a silver platter, and have always been like that! They will never be satisfied. >>

Yeah like this statement I got from a person that I NO LONGER bother with! :grr: :argh: :grr:

:kick:

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deadparrot

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Tue Oct-11-05 11:58 AM
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4. But what happened to the Republican theory about the parents

leaving their small children to die while they evacuated?

Don't tell me it's not true. :sarcasm:

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jobycom

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Tue Oct-11-05 12:04 PM
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7. Never heard that one

One reason there are still so many missing children is because evacuees and rescuees were getting their children out first, so the children were taken first, and the parents rescued later. Small children in centers can't always rememeber their last names, and the ones who do may not remember their parents' first names, or last names if they are different from the child's.

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goclark

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Tue Oct-11-05 12:01 PM
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6. May they rest in pearce

May Pat Robertson and his crew not be forgiven for what they have said and done.

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No Exit

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Tue Oct-11-05 12:18 PM
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8. How old is Barbara "Marie Antoinette" Bush?

Considering her vicious remarks about the hurricane victims, she must think she's invincible.

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earth mom

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Tue Oct-11-05 12:45 PM
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9. So no more social security and medicare for them...right duhbya?

:sarcasm:

I will never forget what they did to those people! It is evil beyond belief! :grr: :cry:

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melissinha

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Tue Oct-11-05 01:21 PM
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10. thats the true reason

Edited on Tue Oct-11-05 01:23 PM by melissinha

I suspect.... or at least one of the reasons, less rescued people, less people to take care of. Could you imagine it if it were your grandparent or parent in there????

Do you know how expensive nursing home care is????? THis situation is a fiscal conservative's wet dream.. but then they have to take care of thousands of capable people who have been uprooted... I can just see their veins throbbing..... suck it, Sen Grassley.

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