Today in 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Katrina and the subsequent flooding claimed 1,836 lives and made countless homeless.
Damage was estimated at $81 billion. Poison Center data from the time of the
hurricane and the following weeks showed a spike in carbon monoxide poisoning
from generator use. In addition there
was an increase in exposures to gasoline as people siphoned gas into generators
and power tools. Poison centers in Texas
answered many drug identification calls as refugees looking for health care
came only with bags of pills.
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