Sewage in Floodwaters Carries Disease
Sep 1, 12:02 PM (ET)
By JOHN HEILPRIN
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sewage and chemicals are mixed into a potentially toxic bathtub soaking New Orleans, posing the threat of disease for residents forced to wade in Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters.
"Probably the more immediate health risk to the people is that whatever was in the sewer is in the water," said John Pardue, director of the Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. "Whatever bacterial or viral diseases that people put into the system before the flooding is now in the water." Story


New Orleans Mayor Issues 'Desperate SOS'
Sep 01 5:24 PM US/Eastern
By ADAM NOSSITER Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS
Storm victims were raped and beaten, fights and fires broke out, corpses lay out in the open, and rescue helicopters and law enforcement officers were shot at as flooded-out New Orleans descended into anarchy Thursday. "This is a desperate SOS," the mayor said. story


Bush warns looters, urges Americans conserve gas
By Steve Holland 45 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Thursday looters in New Orleans and elsewhere in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina should be treated with "zero tolerance" and urged Americans not to buy gasoline if they do not need it because of looming shortages. Story

Hurricane hits just before homosexual event
Christian activist: Act of God prevented 'Southern Decadence' festival
Posted: August 31, 20054:38 p.m. Eastern
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Hurricane Katrina walloped New Orleans just two days before the annual homosexual "Southern Decadence" festival was to begin in the town, an act being characterized by some as God's work.
Southern Decadence has a history of "filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars," says a statement from the Philadelphia Christian organization Repent America. Story

Anger floodsNew Orleans
Gunfire disrupts evacuation, corpses scattered in open
Posted: September 1, 20053:26 p.m. Eastern
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Thousands of National Guard troops in armored vehicles moved into flood-ravaged New Orleans today amid mounting lawlessness marked by gunfire, trash fires and rising tensions among desperate refugees low on food and water.
At least seven corpses were scattered outside the New Orleans Convention Center where displaced residents broke through the steel doors of a food service entrance. story