It's even worse than dysentery. There may be tens of thousands dead in the Greater New Orleans Area. 90+ degree heat with stagnant, chemical water. Potential disease is a problem while the bodies remain in the water and afterward when they pump that filth out (which could take up to two months). Since they cannot bury in New Orleans -- even with mass graves -- they have to remove them for burial elsewhere. I imagine there have been few greater breeding areas for a variety of deadly diseases in the history of the world.
WWL-TV - showing footage of an old USAF UH-1 SAR chopper performing rescue, Miami-Dade Police Aerospatiale copter with a VERY large infrared/camera pod on its nose flying around surveying.
I wonder if we who live in the state need to take any precautions? Are they thinking ahead for that? Oh wait this is Louisiana, they forget to plan ahead.
Something else that has me wondering, are they prepared for another storm? Where would people who live here evacuate to if we are the new Florida? (hurricane magnet)