Hurricane Charley death toll

sammi jo

I was driving through north Florida on my way up the east coast last saturday morning listening to the radio reports re. Hurricane Charley. There were reports from the damage zone including several horrific ones describing "many dozens of bodies" at flattened mobile home parks, "stacks of bodies", and reports describing 150 DOAs at one hospital alone. I recall one of these interviews was from a hospital official in Punta Gorda. Turning on the TV after getting to a hotel in Raleigh NC that evening, I was relieved, (but a little mystified) to hear that the death toll was far far less than what I had heard earlier.



I googled and found these:

http://www.wbtw.com/servlet/Satellit...77306670&path=

http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailta...32641,-1,5.php

http://members.boardhost.com/hurrica...msg/18580.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1191393/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1191609/posts



Is there anyone from west FLA here who can clear this up?

scott

It's all a Jeb Bush cover up. They are killing off Kerry voters and blame on and "act of god".

sammi jo

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Originally posted by Scott

It's all a Jeb Bush cover up. They are killing off Kerry voters and blame on and "act of god".

Why do you remain incapable of a sensible answer? Or is that asking far too much?

splinemodel

Too much to ask. Mostly people just bitched about how the power went out, and so they couldn't get gas or ice or AC. These are legitimate concerns in a land where the weather sucks in the summer, but still, the death toll really wasn't too bad as far as I can tell. The news coverage trailed off quickly, and school is back in session.



Hurricanes happen. People can die if they're not ready for it. It's a shame, but it's life.



In other news, I ran out of Stoli.