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Okay, I understand now that the caskets aren't deep in the earth. And I also now understand that some caskets are airtight, which would cause bouyancy in flood conditions. But it still is amazing to me that water, nonpressurized, can lift entire vaults out of the ground. The National Guard was called in to retrieve an entire vault that floated onto a nearby road. The vaults themselves weigh hundreds of pounds empty. Some of the vaults were displaced with the casket still inside, which weighs an additional hundred pounds or so (not including the corpse)! That kind of force by mere water still boggles my brain.

I can't help but feel horrified for the families of the deceased. They probably have homes that have been flooded if not lost completely, and now this, too. I'm sure they (like most Americans) don't have the financial resources to handle the home, much less the grave.

Yikes.