80 Prozent der Gebäude von New Orleans zerstört, der Rest überflutet von einer giftigen Suppe aus Chemikalien, die sich flächenweise auch noch entzünden werden. Wirbelwind Katrina lässt nichts aus, wenn man dem Top-Hurricane-Experten Ivor van Heerden, Leiter des Louisiana State University Public Health Research Center in Baton Rouge, glauben darf.

"So, we're looking at a bowl full of highly contaminated water with contaminated air flowing around and, literally, very few places for anybody to go where they'll be safe."

"So, imagine you're the poor person who decides not to evacuate: Your house will disintegrate around you. The best you'll be able to do is hang on to a light pole, and while you're hanging on, the fire ants from all the mounds -- of which there is two per yard on average -- will clamber up that same pole. And, eventually, the fire ants will win." cnn.com