'People are shooting each other for food and
water': Bahamas Hurricane Dorian death toll
will be 'staggering' with Thousands still missing
as bodies pile up and militias are formed to
stop looting
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Ryan Fahey
&
Sophie Tanno
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
9/6/2019 7:55:54 PM
The death toll from devastating Hurricane Dorian will be 'staggering' with thousands still missing, officials have warned amid reports looters are 'trying to shoot people' in the scramble for food and water. Up to 70,000 are in need of 'life-saving assistance' while Great Abaco is said to be virtually uninhabitable, with bodies piled up and witnesses say there is a 'smell of death' with corpses floating in the water. While the official death toll stands at 30, that number is expected to rise and hundreds of body bags have been ordered along with extra freezers.A massive international relief effort was ramped up today
Reply 1 - Posted by:
obdurate 9/6/2019 8:08:33 PM (No. 173419)
Well, that didn't take long.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 9/6/2019 8:13:52 PM (No. 173421)
It never does #1.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
klezmer 9/6/2019 8:40:28 PM (No. 173425)
#1, hunger/thirst is the most powerful motivator known to man
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
curious1 9/6/2019 8:48:20 PM (No. 173428)
This is not the first time a hurricane has passed through the Bahamas. Why are we expected to pick up the tab when they could have moved or planned for the recurring events?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
harleynyc 9/6/2019 9:51:30 PM (No. 173447)
Under British rule. They should take the refugees.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Zarin 9/6/2019 11:46:27 PM (No. 173493)
So they knew it was coming. They didn't know it would beat them up for so long - but did not people realize how high the tides would be? Was there no high ground or shelters on high ground?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
smcchk 9/7/2019 12:15:14 AM (No. 173503)
Probably impossible to predict the power and duration of this hurricane. And not much shelter/higher ground on the island. Hoping that relief gets to survivors soon.
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There, but by the Grace of G-d, could have been any state on the east coast. Doesn't the Navy have a hospital ship ?
When there was an earthquake, people came from every country to help, including the Chinese. Assuming there is no place to land.
As devastating as this is, where is the coverage on all the states being hammered by Dorian now?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bighambone 9/7/2019 1:22:26 AM (No. 173523)
Send in the Marines!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Catherine 9/7/2019 2:37:07 AM (No. 173538)
Was everyone clueless about hurricanes? They live on an island in the middle of the ocean. Why were there no preparations made? Why hasen't anyone sent food and water, and I don't necessarily mean us. If they are part of Britain, then that's where the help should come from. But honestly, we could send food and water for now. We have the ability to do so. But we should also tell them next time make your plans accordingly because we won't do this again.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Trigger2 9/7/2019 2:53:45 AM (No. 173548)
Well, if under British rule, how long before the demonrat politicians start screaming for a trillion dollars to rebuild and to take in every refugee? According to demonrats, the USA is only good for income redistribution to the world as evidenced by 8 horrid years of Barry and 2 years of House demonrat rule and their stupid legislation that thankfully the Senate refuses to even bring up for a vote.
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Some takeaways from the long article and multiple pictures: 1) Despite the devastation of half the country, 50% of the the Bahamas was not destroyed or damaged. 2) There's looting. One pic showed a smiling man with a pallet-cart of items which included 40 5 lb. bags of sugar. What's he going to do with all that? Where's he taking it? Back to a devastated home? I doubt it. 3) Does no one who chooses to live in a tropical paradise realize that there is a huge trade-off in catastrophes such as this? And prepare for it? 4) The race of the people shown in the pictures providing help were white. The people needing their charity were black. (Am I not supposed to notice this? But I can't help it; #wokeness taught me to do so, just not in the direction I think they intended.)
I looked it up yesterday and I think it said that while a former British colony or protectorate, the Bahamas is an independent country since 1973. Tourism is their main GDP component. Couldn't they have built some huge concrete and steel reinforced pillboxes to house all needed supplies in preparation for times like these? Living on an island in the Caribbean you just have to know it's coming.
I don't know. Just like the fires in California, the floods along the Mississippi, the hot temps and dryness in the deserts of the Southwest, and the snow and ice in the North states, it seems people are never prepared, never have insurance, never have a plan, are always completely helpless, are always totally dependent upon human charity to save them, human charity is always overwhelmed, so people get conditioned to believe some benevolent government needs to command and take care of them and everybody. (As if the benevolent dictator could ever exist.) Life is beautiful, but not fair. Nature is gorgeous, but harsh and cruel.
I feel sorry for the Bahamians plight. But except for these several weeks of intense hardship, they get to and still are living in a tropical paradise every other day of their lives. I notice they don't choose to live where the ice and snow can also sometimes wreak such havoc, but the weather is crappy most all the other times as well.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 9/7/2019 5:45:32 PM (No. 174153)
Nice folks, eh?
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