The terrible news out of New Orleans continued unabated, even as the nation continued to rally to support the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
Police officials declared New Orleans to be completely destroyed. This was on top of the news that officials believed 10,000 Americans had died in New Orleans alone.
Deputy Police Chief Warren Riley said that New Orleans was a hazard and it was time for everyone to leave. Yet some are refusing to go.
The unthinkable has happened; an American city has been laid to waste by a natural disaster. And it wasn't L.A. or San Francisco being leveled by a monster earthquake; it was one hurricane slamming into the Gulf Coast.
Think about it...
Even after the water is drained from New Orleans in the next three to four months, the next enemy will arrive in force long before that: mold.
Houses will begin to rot from the inside out.
There's no stopping it; everything has to be decontaminated before they can move on to stopping the mold. With so many houses flooded, even if every water restoration company in the country worked around the clock to stop the damage in New Orleans, the vast majority of houses and buildings would be severely damaged or destroyed by mold and mildew before the restoration people got to them.
The mold carries danger of it's own. It's toxic to humans and can cause them to get very sick.
When will this nightmare end?
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