# Am I way off to think the reports havn't even scratched the surface? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-way-off-to-think-the-reports-havnt-even-scratched-the-surface/319611 "2005-09-01T18:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-way-off-to-think-the-reports-havnt-even-scratched-the-surface/319611/41 "2005-09-04T07:10:50Z")
> [@JohnM](#): > > **Marley23** , I’m curious. What exactly did Mayor Nagin say last night that makes you think he’s gone off the rails? I read [this](http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/nagin.transcript/) transcript at CNN, and to me he sounds completely rational, and completely, justifiably, enraged. The descriptions and summaries I read indicated that he was yelling and crying, which contributed to my statement. I’m not saying he’s wrong about everything, I just wonder, between the government’s statements, his, and everyone else’s, where the reality actually is. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-way-off-to-think-the-reports-havnt-even-scratched-the-surface/319611/42 "2005-09-04T15:31:44Z")
If you want to listen to the interview, look here: [http://kiro.liquidviewer.net/kiro-od/mayornagin.asf](http://kiro.liquidviewer.net/kiro-od/mayornagin.asf). ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-way-off-to-think-the-reports-havnt-even-scratched-the-surface/319611/43 "2005-09-04T15:42:27Z")
That is a good link. Screw the summeries. As for a full transcript, see [here](http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/nagin.transcript/). ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-way-off-to-think-the-reports-havnt-even-scratched-the-surface/319611/44 "2005-09-04T15:44:32Z")
[This little town is gone](http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=vn20050902054730711C610314) and 50 deaths are reported, so far. NO is getting most of the attention. How many other Wavelands are there that we don’t know about yet? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-way-off-to-think-the-reports-havnt-even-scratched-the-surface/319611/45 "2005-09-04T17:18:54Z")
They’re now saying they expect the death toll in Mississippi to be ‘well over 1,000’. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-way-off-to-think-the-reports-havnt-even-scratched-the-surface/319611/46 "2005-09-04T17:24:27Z")
Waveland, Pass Christian, Picayune, Spanish Fort, AL, Grand Isle, LA, are all smaller towns that I have heard at one time or another are “gone.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-way-off-to-think-the-reports-havnt-even-scratched-the-surface/319611.md?page=2)