6pm Tues......what is the FL post-hurricane situation? number dead, etc??

[bobbieinok]

[cthrumatrix]

1. at 7pm ...they say it's 20....but eye witness accounts say more ...time

will tell

[Junkdrawer]

2. Official death toll of 19... Anecdotal reports of hundreds dead...

And refrigerated tractor trailer morgues that officials refuse to comment on.

In other words, all's normal in Bush's America.

[SoCalDem]

3. People in the immediate area are still "out of contact"

These are the people we need to "talk to".. They have seen the bodies.. They know people who "disappeared".. Since the media is not going to press the issue, those of us who have family there or friends, need to pass the info along to people IN Florida.. Think about it.. They have bigger fish to fry now, to be looking for newspapers and news reports.. They may not even have access to TV or radio..

Somehow, we need to pass the word on to them, that the national media and THEIR state government is DOWNPLAYING the death toll...and the fact that the state is seriously UNDER STAFFED to handle their problems..

It's a "forest-trees" situation down there..

The press does not PRESS the issue when they are stonewalled.. They just say.."um..ok" and then ask about how wonderful Jebbie is..

[cthrumatrix]

4. watching a local TV special - the death toll question came up and the

answer is "they don't know".... some areas have not yet been accessed.

Not avoiding the question...they simply don't know or have not been told. I don't see a media cover-up.

[whistle]

5. Jeb Bush, George Bush, Mel Martinez, Tom Ridge....

...they are all here surveying the situation and telling everyone that help is on the way. But, it's been four days since hurricane Charley made land fall and trees are down across major roads, south west Florida remains under martial law with all the harassment that that entails, many (25%+) Orlando/Winter Park residents are still are without electricity, gasoline is being rationed, it's almost as if the president and the republican power elite came into the state, took their photo opportunities, said a few encouraging words and then departed, convinced that the natural laws of supply-side economics and faith based initiatives would do the rest. Meanwhile, people with damaged and destroyed homes are getting the shock of their lives reading the fine print that anywhere from 2% to 7% of the insured value of their homes represent the out-of-pocket special hurricane deductible. So, if you live in a home that is insured for $200,000 to the structure and your deductible is 2%, your out-of-pocket will be $4,000.00 while the contents if insured for $75,000 will have a $1,500.00 deductible. Total out-of-pocket deductible for any amount of damage starts with $5,500.00 before the insurance company even bothers to come out.

That one came in under Jeb Bush, two years ago even while premiums rose 30% to 50% for most home owners. Also, before Bonnie or Charley even made land-fall on Thursday in Florida, Governor Bush declared the entire state of Florida as being in a state of emergency and hurricane threat. This was to initiate evacuation procedures and give the police, fire departments and other local safety people the authority to take maesures to protect people and property. This also made all property in the paths of the two storms that would potentially have damage claims to automatically come under the special conditions of the hurricane deductibles as most policies contain normal deductibles of $500 or less for tornado damage and the like. The eye of Hurricane Charley had already left my area at 8:30PM on Friday when our community was hit by a twister some time around 11:00PM. That was when the damages occurred in my neighborhood, but the governor's premature natural disaster covers the insurance companies. The CEO's from the insurance companies are throwing a big party for the governor in Tallahassee FL right now.:grr:

[Junkdrawer]

6. Well, that sucks....

...came in under Jebbie, huh? Wonder if your neighbors know that?