In a gruesome detail that reminds us of the terrible human tragedy we're dealing with, USA Today reports -- in an item on page A5 which I can't find online -- that water pumps are being slowed because the pumping stations themselves have to be pumped out. Furthermore:
Officials are also being slowed in some locations because of fear that human remains could be mixed in with the debris, clogging pumps.Horrifying and sad. And some of them didn't have to die.
