Another “Gulf War” describes the public-health situation in New Orleans:
I use the term ‘water’ loosely, because what fills the topographical bowl that used to be New Orleans is an unspeakably vile, toxic marinade of industrial and agricultural chemicals (including gasoline, crude oil and pesticides), building materials, cars and trucks, household products, heavy metals, sewage and rotting corpses. A few days of tropical temperatures will make the brew even nastier.