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Jul. 8th, 2005 10:47 amI think one of the worst things, for someone who's not involved, and doesn't know anyone in direct danger, is watching the official death toll slowly mount. I know it's a combination of factors - the injured dying at hospitals later instead of on the scene, bodies being found, and bodies that we knew the location of being identified - but it's all that really changes in the first few hours or days, and sometimes seems like the main reason to keep checking back at the coverage.