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Thank you for your polite reply.  I didn't get a chance to watch tv much over here, but have been reading the reports through online newspapers (NY Times, Washington Post, Seattle Times) and magazines  (Time & Newsweek). Those reports appear to be much different than what you've watched.   I haven't read about anyone's personal experience going through such a tragedy as watching a baby die from dehydration.   I really am inclined to doubt the --- "I heard it through this that someone knew someone" type of annecdotal evidence.  Sorry to be such a doubting Thomas.  I've just learned to give TV news a LOT of skepticism when it's reporting disasters.    But I"ll look into what you are saying when I have more time.   

 I know that approximately 945 bodies have been discovered since the hurricane.  Nothing has been said about babies or adults dying from dehydration in what I've read.  I believe more people died than this number, but so far, there's no evidence for it. Others are amazed too.  I believe that more time will give us all a chance to absorb what has actually happened. 

As to dehydration & babies dying from lack of nursing because their mothers bottlefed....Lack of water for the mother is just as deadly as none for a baby's formula.   If I as the mother am dehydrated, my body shuts down its milk production pretty quick.  I know this for a fact after a doctor mistakenly prescribed me a homeopathic medicine of Nettle extract to clear up edema in my leg.  Within 5 days,  I was having problems staying hydrated no matter how much water I was drinking. My daughter's consumption of breastmilk was almost nil by the 5th day.   It was a wretched experience and I hope to never go through that again.    

The irony is that nettle extract is given for a couple of days to new mothers having difficulty with milk production.  1 or 2 days is ok.... but not the time I was on it for.  Thank the internet for independent research.  I came off the stuff immediately and within 24 hours things were back to normal.  Luckilly she's a toddler and get her hydration from elsewhere, but it was really rough during that time with the hot weather.