September 20, 2005

Katrina death toll

The death toll from Katrina has climbed to 973, every one a tragedy.

We can only be thankful that the initial estimates of 10,000 were far too high.

Many were elderly and died in the withering heat the New York Times reported yesterday in a front page article that no longer appears on the Times website.

We can be thankful too, that the death toll is nothing like the 35,000 - 40,000 dead in the 2003 heatwave in Europe.

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Posted by Jill Fallon at September 20, 2005 6:33 PM | Permalink