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By: Lynn Powers

Lynn Powers — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:39:41 +0000

Hello,

I was reading with fascination some of your posts on Boingboing.net. I have started a new web site that will serve as a clearing house for news, information, eyewitness accounts, and first hand stories about what is occurring in the New Orleans metropolitan area in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This is a nonprofit site is meant as an alternative source to mainstream news media that overlooked or refused to report on instances of violence, death, fear, and criminal activities.

This is a unique and historical opportunity to record those personal stories of individuals who can give accurate and descriptive portrayals of events to the public that would otherwise be lost.

I would like you to write about and expand upon your experiences in New Orleans. I would love to include any of your photographs, if you would give me permission. Please visit the web site at: http://www.katrina-realnews-nola.org/

You can email me at: lynn@voodoo4ducks.com or lynnapowers@hotmail.com

Thank you,

Lynn Powers

By: smidget

smidget — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:20:22 +0000

Others seem to have better guesses on what it is so I’m not going to take a shot, but I can assure you it isn’t DDT…that’s been banned in the US. Even if they assure you it’s harmless, I’d recommend staying indoors until the clouds of chemicals settle.

By: Genie

Genie — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:03:22 +0000

I don’t know what they’re spraying but on the news this morning they had a report from the EPA on the water they tested and it said , among other things, that there were pesticides. I assume they are the recently sprayed ones. The implication was that they were toxic. I would hope that they’re not adding to the already toxic soup tat was formerly water. By the way, thanks for your great photos and reports.

By: jacob

jacob — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:21:25 +0000

Stacia,

I brought all my own food, water, supplies, etc
I’m not taking anything away by being here and it’s a worthy cause.

By: Stacia

Stacia — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:17:32 +0000

Why don’t you leave the city? I’d rather us not know the truth about what’s going on down there than see seemingly intelligent people like you die of West Nile or water contamination or whatever. Let the poor folks we’re so mad at Bush for forgetting about get the free supplies first. Please don’t be a martyr for the sake of some BoingBoing links and citizen journalism.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:55:12 +0000

I previously worked with the New Orleans Mosquto Control Board as part of a CDC funded project. Naled is routinely used by mosquito control districts in Louisiana. Since the U.S. Air Force will be doing the spraying, I suppose one cannot assume that they will be spraying Naled as well although it should be a good bet.

Curiously, the project I was working on was a rehearsal of an aerial spraying campaign in East New Orleans in the event of a mosquito-borne disease outbreak. We placed dishes of uniform size with a set number of mosquito larvae (Aedes albopictus – the Asian Tiger mosquito since this was the most feared vector at that time). There was virtually no impact whatsoever on the larvae. The best defense is what is called engineering control – the removal of breeding locations. I am not the least surprised that there has been an explosion of the mosquito population. There is no good reason to believe that mosquito larvae/eggs would be washed out by the hurricane though many believed (hoped) that would happen. On the contrary, mosquito larvae and eggs are exceptionally hardy and the foul and stagnant water conditions are perfect for many species of mosquito to thrive and there are still plenty of persons available for whom the pregnant females can feed upon.

Also of note, some but not all arboviruses are transmitted ‘transovarially’ meaning that the egg laying female can transmit the virus to her eggs as opposed to malaria for example where the female must bite a person carrying the malaria parasite in their bloodstream.

By: red cedar

red cedar — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:54:24 +0000

in canada they spray malathion in places like winnipeg – i suspect ithis is what they are using – and malathion is linked to birth defects and other nasties when exposure is at high-enough concentration. do a google on it and you will see.

By: Daryll Strauss

Daryll Strauss — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:43:18 +0000

Chances are they’re spraying Malathion. That’s been used over populated areas in Los Angeles a few times. They recommend parking your cars under cover (because long exposure can damage paint) People are supposed to avoid exposure if possible, but it is not supposed to be harmful to people, but there is some scientific evidence to the contrary.