This morning the radio announcer in Phoenix pointed out that the real problems have just started:
(1) New Orleans is already lower than the surrounding waterways. So, there is no place for the water to drain away. It has to be pumped out.
(2) Standing water in areas like this are breeding grounds for all types of pestilence that we have not seen in our generation; e.g. typhoid.
2) Standing water in areas like this are breeding grounds for all types of pestilence that we have not seen in our generation; e.g. typhoid.
Would it be wise to dump large quantities of chlorine in the flood water?