I don't know who "we" is, but it's a pathetic reflection on a civilized society if people need to view traumatic death and bloated bodies in order to grasp the gravity of the situation.
Either that, or you folks just want to be voyeurs. You are saying then it is pay for view.
I will agree to disagree with you on this. It has nothing to do with the horrific suggestions that you are assuming about us. So I won't push you further on this point.
Not really, NN, the purpose of showing bodies (I would think from a great distance) is to demonstrate the human cost here beyond the property losses. More often than should be, people try to stick out these hurricanes. I understand about those who were unable to go, but a clear message needs to be sent for those who may try to stay through the next hurricane. I completely sympathize with those who lost loved ones and it is not necessary to add to that grief. Maybe save the footage for a later date... I don't know. It is though a significant part of the story. But I can understand people not wanting this aired.
This is for Shep who doesn't believe there are federal people helping out. This article about Air Force assistance just came in my email:
August 31, 2005
Air Force supports FEMA; helps Hurricane Katrina victims
WASHINGTON - Units and people from across the Air Force are supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency and helping victims of Hurricane Katrina from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Helicopters from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., flew to Jackson Miss., Aug. 30 carrying Federal Emergency Management Agency assessment teams to areas affected by the hurricane.
A C-130J transport aircraft from the 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Miss., flying out of Asheville, N.C., returned home to the base delivering supplies to the base hospital.
The 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell AFB, Ala., geared up two C-130s, aircrews and aeromedical evacuation people to help move people.
A C-5 Galaxy from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB Calif. and a C-17 Globe Master III from the 305th AMW, McGuire AFB, NJ transported tanker airlift control elements and contingency support groups to Gulfport and New Orleans International Airports respectively. Another C-5 from Travis helped search and rescue teams from California get to the affected area.
Fifteen HH-60s helicopters and crews from the 347th Rescue Wing at Moody AFB, Ga., and the 16th Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field., Fla have been positioned near the affected area in Jackson, Miss., and crews were credited with saving stranded survivors of the hurricane.
Additionally, Critical Care Air Transport teams and an obstetrics team from Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, helped patients and expectant mothers evacuate Keesler AFB, Miss., on Tuesday. The patients and pregnant women were evacuated to Wilford Hall.
For more information, contact the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs office at (703)-695-0640.