tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15545356.post112547295149694997..comments2024-02-14T16:57:45.608+00:00Comments on The Vol Abroad: oh, KatrinaVol Abroadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083054947673242940noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15545356.post-1125651887821047362005-09-02T10:04:00.000+01:002005-09-02T10:04:00.000+01:00The right-wing & even liberal-right blogosphere ha...The right-wing & even liberal-right blogosphere has been getting in a ruffle over comparisons between Katrina and 9/11 - see eg andrewsullivan.com (Andrew's what I'd call liberal-right, the right-wing but reality-based category in which Vol Abroad & I usually belong).<BR/><BR/>I commented on Wednesday to Vol Abroad that it looked worse than 9/11. While there is clearly a difference between premeditated mass murder and a natural disaster, even a natural disaster largely made possible by human error (ask the Dutch how unforeseeable it is that land below sea level can flood), there's now no doubt that this is much worse than 9/11 in its scale and in the likely number of fatalities. People are still dying. <BR/>No casualty estimates are being released, 3-4 days after the hurricane hit, but reading between the lines - 50,000 bodybags en route to Louisiana Superdome, said Sky News last night, 1,000 estimated dead in *Biloxi* alone - we are looking at 5 figures, not four. If that figure for Biloxi is halfway accurate, I can't see the final death toll being much under 15,000 - and I have a pretty good record on guesstimating these things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com