Sunday, September 11, 2005

New Orleans' Toxic Waters

"The water isn't as static and opaque as it looked from 20 feet above. Smoky black wisps dissolve and re-form every few seconds as we glide by. The scary thing is that there aren't any mosquitoes flitting about -- if they're afraid of this stuff, we humans have got to be seriously screwed."

--Josh Levin, Slate Magazine, 9-10-05, on New Orleans floodwaters