Residents Fume as Flooding Destroys Gravesites

(18 Aug 2016) IN DENHAM SPRINGS AS THE WATER RECEDES AND THE GROUND BECOMES MORE VISIBLE AN UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE --
STANDUP (English) Josh Replogle/The Associated Press:
"Because in Louisiana the water table is so high cemeteries don't bury the dead deep under the ground as you can see caskets have been displaced loved ones now nowhere to be found"
SOUNDBITE (English) Willie Brooks III/ Grandmother's casket lost:
"It's not just one. Somebody needs to get out here and do something. Do something quick."
IT'S ANYTHING BUT AN ORDINARY SIGHT IN PLAINVIEW CEMETERY.
WILLIE BROOKS STRUGGLES TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS. THE FLOODWATER, OVERTURNING VAULTS CONTAINING CASKETS.
SOUNDBITE (English) Willie Brooks III:
"It's... I'm sorry this is crazy."
IN SOME CASES, ONLY EMPTY OUTLINES OF GRAVES REMAIN.
SOUNDBITE (English) Willie Brooks III:
"It's impossible to fix this, I mean, correctly."
WILLIE SAYS HIS GRANDMOTHER'S BODY IS ONE OF THE MISSING.
SOUNDBITE (English) Willie brooks III/ grandmother's casket lost:
"We have no idea of knowing where to start, to even try to... It's going to boil down to they're going to just start closing them up and putting them wherever"
nats
OTHER FAMILIES CHECKING THE GROUNDS HOPING TO FIND THEIR LOVED ONES STILL IN PLACE, ONLY FIND AN UNBEARABLE MESS.
SOUNDBITE (English) Bobby Ray Thomas / relative's casket missing:
"This is a disaster man. All our kids, our family just in the woods up there."
SOUNDBITE (English) Ravonte Thomas/relative's casket missing:
"This is bad. It's bad and sad. You can't even come to see people, you don't know where they're at."
STANDUP (English) Josh Replogle, The Associated Press:
"Rescue teams are now using cadaver dogs to search for the dead and the missing but officials tell me adding bodies from cemeteries to the mix will further complicate the situation-
Josh Replogle the Associated Press Denham Springs"
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  • @billl1127
    @billl11275 жыл бұрын

    what a nightmare. Last thing I'd want to do is wander around that place looking for anybody let alone a relative.

  • @tarekbahsoun2755
    @tarekbahsoun27556 жыл бұрын

    My God.This is creepy.It's sad to see that.

  • @intotheabyssoftheunknown4479
    @intotheabyssoftheunknown44795 жыл бұрын

    God bless those guys! Missing your loved one's life when they were here, among us, but now their beloved remains are unknown too? Very heart breaking! I remember when this was first reported, but not this particular reporting. It hits home when you see these gentlemen in such saddest! I hope they eventually found their loved ones! God bless them and their lost loved ones!

  • @youngnurse9994
    @youngnurse99945 жыл бұрын

    This is so sad !!! 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 God bless these lost souls , they are with HIM . Bless the families to deal with this horrible situation. 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♂️ 😇

  • @wowlizzy4039
    @wowlizzy40395 жыл бұрын

    Ew. ;-; imagine a random corpse just floating down

  • @Jacques_Merde
    @Jacques_Merde2 жыл бұрын

    What do all those vaults have in common? Not one of them is sealed... the lids are off of the vaults and all you see is clean concrete where the lid and vault meet. Burying loved ones in the ground with a high water table is how your beloved Uncle Bob becomes a buoy...

  • @zaphodbeeblebrox6627
    @zaphodbeeblebrox66275 жыл бұрын

    Above ground concrete wall vaults, like they have in Los Angeles & Hollywood.

  • @eyestoenvy
    @eyestoenvy6 жыл бұрын

    Cremation?

  • @lindamoore192
    @lindamoore1926 жыл бұрын

    That's so messed up

  • @coldblue9mm
    @coldblue9mm6 жыл бұрын

    What good does fuming do? If you bury someone in a flood zone, stuff like this may happen. Here's an idea, when you rebury them, have a cement mixer there to fill in the hole. That'll keep those caskets from floating. Maybe......

  • @billiesoldyn5509
    @billiesoldyn55095 жыл бұрын

    I have been to this cemetery 1 1/2 years ago. It is a lot better, but there are some that are still uprooted and open caskets. It was sad to see this.

  • @intotheabyssoftheunknown4479

    @intotheabyssoftheunknown4479

    5 жыл бұрын

    Really, after all this time? It's a health risk, damn!

  • @bnilo
    @bnilo6 жыл бұрын

    The situation looks grave, at best

  • @michaelnesbitt4260
    @michaelnesbitt42605 жыл бұрын

    That’s why in the old days they use to put cemetery’s up on a hill

  • @RADIUMGLASS

    @RADIUMGLASS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep, create a crown so water can disperse properly.

  • @Africanfrogs
    @Africanfrogs6 жыл бұрын

    Cadaver dogs for a cemetery? Huh

  • @icbm859

    @icbm859

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well that's how they can find the corpses, how else would they do it ?

  • @icbm859

    @icbm859

    6 жыл бұрын

    By EYE ? not good enough.

  • @lindamoore192

    @lindamoore192

    6 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing

  • @intotheabyssoftheunknown4479

    @intotheabyssoftheunknown4479

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not after they're embalmed. It destroys biological precursors. Bones, maybe? But that chemical cocktail is quite toxic. Not trying to be harsh, just honest and truthful. Just ask any trained cadaver dog handler. It's the truth.

  • @michelmadaire6682
    @michelmadaire66825 жыл бұрын

    A Real scene from a horor movie

  • @birdman4505
    @birdman45055 жыл бұрын

    That's why I am being cream acted dust in the wind

  • @melaniewalker5226

    @melaniewalker5226

    5 жыл бұрын

    All we are is dust in the wind.

  • @aprilwest9852
    @aprilwest98526 жыл бұрын

    They are decomposed. Alot of bad smell. The graves full.to the top of water. How are they going to figure out who is who considering they are all decomposed.??? Will the family's have to take a look at the corpse to witness identification ?? If bodies floated away the animals will eat them quickly and maggots. This is a sad serious mess.

  • @ripamerica7600

    @ripamerica7600

    5 жыл бұрын

    Officials tell him adding bodies from the graves will further complicate the situation

  • @RADIUMGLASS

    @RADIUMGLASS

    5 жыл бұрын

    The caskets have what are called record tubes. Look it up. U don't have to open it to access these tubes, they r located on the outside

  • @georges4562
    @georges45626 жыл бұрын

    How awful

  • @jimmuller6591
    @jimmuller65915 жыл бұрын

    Cremation is the best, why take room on this planet when your gone? Very selfish, what do people think is going to happen in another 200 years. There will be no place to put people in the ground or above.

  • @vonnieboy7878
    @vonnieboy78786 жыл бұрын

    Dude sounds like kenan

  • @elenamartinez3333
    @elenamartinez33334 жыл бұрын

    Biendo todo esto ,ahora ,en los cementerios ,yo lo tengo muy claro ,desde hace mucho tiempo ,mi decision es qué cuando llegue mi hora ,me incineren no quiero que ,me salgan gusanos l por todos mi orificios ,lo mejor y más sano ,

  • @cynthiayaje7607
    @cynthiayaje76075 жыл бұрын

    Jesus

  • @shawnsr8459
    @shawnsr84596 жыл бұрын

    wtf

  • @goldenboi778
    @goldenboi7785 жыл бұрын

    SMH

  • @cattsmahal1005
    @cattsmahal10055 жыл бұрын

    Their turning over in their grave.

  • @angelmarandola7987
    @angelmarandola79875 жыл бұрын

    Omg this is awful