They just got a different tool to use than we do: They kill innocent lives to achieve objectives. That's what they do. And they're good. They get on the TV screens and they get people to ask questions about, well, you know, this, that or the other. I mean, they're able to kind of say to people: Don't come and bother us, because we will kill you. Bush - Joint News Conference with Blair - 28 July '06

Thursday, September 08, 2005

St. Bernard: 27 nursing home dead "victims of heat and dehydration"

sciencedaily: While attention remains focused on New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, the devastated nearby parish of St. Bernard may have lost 1,500 citizens.

One resident in Chalmette escaped death 10 days ago when she popped through the roof of her home just ahead of rising flood waters. "I jumped out of my roof," she said.

On Wednesday, teams that retrieve the dead went to a nursing home near Chalmette. The sheriff's deputy said up to 27 bodies were inside, apparently the victims of heat and dehydration. Read more

see previous post - New Orleans: Nursing home deaths due to lack of resource? Link