[exDemMom]

Sounds like a cholera outbreak is right around the corner. People have no idea what kinds of nasty diseases municipal water treatment systems save us from. In a situation like this, if you can't boil the water, put a few drops of bleach in it, shake it real well, and let the water container stand open overnight before drinking it.

Speaking by phone, Elizabeth Rees, a nurse at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, says the situation there is critical for people on respirators.

"Most of these ventilators are being run by batteries and when we don't have batteries -- unfortunately, they're going to die when we have no batteries."

Gee, I thought we all learned from the Terri Schindler fiasco that people like this take too much time and money to care for, so what's the problem here?

Seriously, I hope they can get the generators up soon to maintain those ventilators. I wonder why they can't move the patients?

[Our_Man_In_Gough_Island]

...get the generators up soon to maintain those ventilators. I wonder why they can't move the patients?

Tempus et FEMA fugit.