Strieber: Hurricane Charley real story (400 bodies located just in 3 counties alone)

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Thursday, 19 August 2004, 2:49 p.m.

http://www.unknowncountry.com/mindframe/opinion/

 

The following was posted today on Whitley's Strieber's website,

UnknownCountry.com:

 

We are receiving a lot of alternate news from Florida that tells a very much

different story from the one appearing in the general media. We have not

fact checked these stories, but they are coming in a wave of pain and

despair, and they mean, to us, that what is unfolding there is almost

certainly much worse than the CNNs and Fox News channels of the world are

telling us. What is most disturbing and convincing is that the story of

Hurricane Charley disappeared from the general media so quickly. But the

pain, the loss, the devastation of ordinary American lives has

continued—forgotten, of course, by the elite that rule the country and the

media that follows them. This is one of many such 'underground' reports. Is

it an accurate depiction of what's happening in Florida? We fear so...

Michael writes: What an eye awakening day this was. I thought that I had

seen it all having been involved from Vietnam to the beginning of Desert

Storm in my military and civilian law enforcement career, but today I

learned about a new part of the shame game.

 

For those who won't bother to read all this report, let me spell out the

body counts that 6 of us (all retired military and/or law enforcement) went

out to confirm today in different areas. These are confirmed bodies in the

trucks, restaurant refers, or refer vans, and they are NOT " missing persons "

or animals:

 

Charlotte Harbor areas ­ 58 dead as of 5pm today; Fort Myers & the barrier

islands ­ 21 deaths as of 3pm today; Punta Gorda ­ 275+ deaths and

escalating each hour; Desoto County ­ 36 deaths, expected to increase;

 

These figures came from our own eyes, medical personnel, various county

sheriff's deputies, and eye witnesses or residents from the worst devastated

areas. CNN and the rest of the world biased and controlled media are fooling

none of us who live here. The current CONFIRMED body count in our 3 county

area on the west coast of Florida is near 400 as I write this.

 

Readers should know right up front who is doing their best and who fails to

pass the grade:

 

Honors awards to those people who have given and done the most: 1. City of

North Port Police Department 2. Charlotte County Deputies 3. Desoto County

Deputies 4. Visiting Pinellas County Deputies 5. Florida Power and Light All

of the above have gone beyond the call of duty. They are showing us what

real cops and utility workers used to be: humanitarians.

 

Failing grades go to: 1. FEMA, the government loan people. 2. John Ellis

Bush (Jeb, the corporate governor of Florida). 3. The untrained and

unequipped remnants of the Florida National Guard. 4. George Walker Bush,

the non-elected and appointed U.S. President. 5. Recycling firms who are

stealing aluminum siding from destroyed mobile homes. 6. Those selling bags

of ice for $10. 7. Thieves from Miami taking personal belongings from

demolished homes. 8. Those thieves demanding money up front to file fake

insurance claims.

 

Here's some of what went on today...

 

There are staging areas for FEMA (with their red and white signs to let you

know they are " there " ) that we could not openly enter into with photo and

movie cameras having been " discovered " in our vehicles. Our cars and

pick-ups were searched in the " sensitive " areas where the worst devastation

took place and where we were then refused entry. Nonetheless, we still

walked into most of these " off limits " areas at waterfront motels, I-75

restaurant/commercial areas, destroyed mobile home parks, and the temporary

Charlotte morgue, to name a few. This is how we came up with the above

figures for body counts. We spoke with medical personnel who have come from

Miami to work triage and other temporary facilities, ambulance drivers (a

special thanks to the Ambutrans people), homeless residents, and deputies

from many different counties.

 

Considering most of the trained and experienced personnel and modern

equipment from the Florida National Guard are now in the Middle East, Jeb

Bush dared to send us antiquated equipment that broke down on I-75 driven by

untrained personnel who have no idea what to do. Worse is that there were no

water purification trucks (erdilators) sent, just old water tankers and old

communications and storage trailers. It was a circus show and a true

military cluster puck. There is no Florida National Guard. All the necessary

equipment we need is sitting in Iraq or Kuwait right now.

 

A professional group of electronic thieves intercepted telephone calls from

Lee and Charlotte counties to the special Allstate and State Farm insurance

claims lines. They demanded credit card numbers and up-front payments from

those calling in claims stating that they could guarantee 24 hour payment

for all damages if the victims would pay $250-500 to them.

 

The lowest theft and emergency incident rate is in the City of North Port.

Although they had little hurricane damage, most of their electric power was

off from Friday afternoon until this afternoon (just a few neighborhoods are

still without power). For a rapidly growing city with the third largest city

land mass in Florida, they managed to control traffic, stop burglaries and

other thefts, and were " gentlemen " with all Charlotte, Desoto, and Lee

county people who went there for food and gas. They are grossly

understaffed, yet they have performed like a crack military unit. One member

of our group insists that I especially thank Lieutenant Choinere for his

assistance.

 

There is NO Martial Law here. In fact, all city and county law enforcement

are stretched to the limit. While they work overtime and are as physically

exhausted as we are, Federal and State law enforcement departments do very

little [if anything] in comparison. The local departments are shunned by the

State and Federal " boys, " yet the locals are doing far more than their share

of what is needed.

 

The biggest joke going around among us is about the guy who walked up in the

new white car—wearing a nice suit in our 90% humidity—who said, " I'm from

FEMA and I'm here to help you. " The ladies ran one of these " suits " out of

our neighborhood today when he told them that we can " borrow " all the money

we needed to rebuild—with interest. They are no different than the other FED

banksters posing as " community " banks. Not one of us cares to become one of

the new federal sheeple.

 

As of this morning, our area has found the need to organize our own security

24/7. Last night and early this morning, we had thieves driving our streets

stealing personal belongings and clothes that had not yet been collected

from those neighbors who hadn't made it back here yet. We now warn all the

Miami and Tampa gangs roaming our streets that if you dare to once again

trespass in our community, you will deal with better armed resistance from

us than you would from the local police and Sheriff's Departments. Other

areas are now doing the same as we are. We will personally protect ourselves

and what possessions we have left. We have been through far too much to be

victims of prey.

 

It rained hard for an hour today. My house, the temporary home and

designated " sanctuary " for a dozen people, had more damage than I thought as

water poured into 3 rooms. I guess that's why they invented buckets. The

3-cylinder diesel generator has been purring non-stop like a kitten and used

no oil over the past 2 days. That was the best investment I ever made, along

with the storage tanks for potable water. I guess I have earned my Boy Scout

survival merit badge now.

 

Visiting volunteer police and deputies are very frustrated that their in-car

computers and radios do not work with local police and local County law

enforcement. The State and Federal alphabet groups seem to care less. The

out-of-area volunteer cops have had to escort thieves to the county line

instead of arresting them for stealing. Their " law enforcement " hands are

tied in more ways than one. Thanks guys—we know you're trying to do all you

can to protect us, but we'll handle it from now on since the state

legalities won't allow you do the job you need to do.

 

We have all found out that there is nothing better than a local community

effort. We take shifts getting gas for the generators and for buying food,

have organized our own security and damage clean-up teams, and the ladies

are cooking up a storm with the charcoal and gas grills. Many of us only

barely knew each other a week ago. Now, we have become a community family.

There are no more blank faces of shock among any of us. We are strengthening

each other and working with one another. There is no segregation or racism

among us, and we represent a local community of many different races,

nationalities, and colors. For the first time any of us have ever

remembered, this new neighborhood that now exists has become one.

 

In this adversity we have and will continue to face, and among all the

devastation our eyes see surrounding us, we have learned to be a collective

family. For this, all of us are grateful. There is joy in the hardship each

of us face with every passing hour. We have found that our daily hardships

have made our spirits stronger. Surely, no man, woman, or child has been

left behind among us. We encourage and strengthen each other. This is what

life is all about.