I was listening to
NPR's on-going coverage of the Katrina aftermath today and they were interviewing the
Director of the
Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes at Louisiana State University . He has HUGE concerns about several nasty effects on the health of those residing in the hurricane areas.
The entire show was informative, and very grim. The chance for spread of disease alone - through mosquitos, rabbid rodents, decaying bodies, sewage-polluted water - gives me the creepy crawlies. I have a feeling we will lose many more people as a result of this disaster.
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Hurricane Katrina's eight-hour pounding of the gulf coast was horrific, but the wreckage she left in her wake is even worse. There are countless dead bodies still strewn on the streets of New Orleans, and authorities are nowhere near assessing an accurate death count. Thousands of homeless residents sit and wait for help, with scant supplies of food and water; thousands of others are evacuating, some with no destination in mind. There is reportedly little police or National Guard presence in the city, and civil unrest, looting and carjacking are not yet under control, although though 30,000 troops, FEMA food and water air drops, and convoys of ships and trucks are arriving or on their way.
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