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Dying in New Orleans
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:43 pm
Not sure if this is true but I heard that when people die and use to die in Nola they wouldn't bury them in the ground. It had something to do with the fact that most of the city is below sea level and effected the graves that were dug. If the gravesites were effected by heavy flood waters, the graves and bodies would come to the surface. Because of this, most people are either cremated or were buried in mausoleums at St.Louis cemetery.
Is this still true? Are there other parts of Louisiana where they can't bury the dead? Other southern states?
Is this still true? Are there other parts of Louisiana where they can't bury the dead? Other southern states?
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Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:44 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
You ever seen Easy Rider?
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:45 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
Are you old enough to be on the internet?
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:45 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
Still true.
ETA: if you ever visit NO you will probably pass by a cemetery to see it for yourself.
ETA: if you ever visit NO you will probably pass by a cemetery to see it for yourself.
This post was edited on 1/19/14 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:46 pm to WavinWilly
Always true
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:47 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
No it's not true anymore, they've added enough dirt to bring the city up past sea level. Now they just lay dead bodies out beside I-10 and it's all good, and normal
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:47 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
I've never heard of this.
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:49 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
most people come to nola to die on Bourbon St.
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:49 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
The vast majority of people were "buried" on the mud flats out past Gentilly Ridge. After a few days, the tides would expose the bodies and it's said that the dogs would eat the bodies. Prior to the 1900s, only the rich were buried above ground.
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:51 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
All of the cemeteries you pass there. The graves are above ground, because when you dig you get water.
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:51 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
Partially correct: They are buried above ground, but because
there's always a long wait to bury them due to the need for an autopsy and investigation into their murder...
NOLACIOC
there's always a long wait to bury them due to the need for an autopsy and investigation into their murder...
NOLACIOC
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:52 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
Are you 12?
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:53 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
do you know what a polaroid is?
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:53 pm to hg
I remember my first louisiana history class
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:53 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
quote:
most of the city is below sea level
You don't say...I guess you've never watched the weather channel when a hurricane is in the gulf
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:57 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
I heard they're switching policies.
Now they just ride around and push all the victims to the ditches, almost like snow plowing. Too many to keep up with collecting them.
saw em doing it last saturday morning.
Now they just ride around and push all the victims to the ditches, almost like snow plowing. Too many to keep up with collecting them.
saw em doing it last saturday morning.
Posted on 1/19/14 at 3:58 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
It's all bullshite. People don't even die in New Orleans anymore.
Posted on 1/19/14 at 4:01 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
How many bodies can you put in one of those mausoleums?
Posted on 1/19/14 at 4:01 pm to JAXTiger16
quote:
All of the cemeteries you pass there. The graves are above ground, because when you dig you get water.
So it's true?
Posted on 1/19/14 at 4:03 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
Yes.
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