Katrina Coverage

Quell your fears, citizen!
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The most outrageous rumor was the report about two dogs poisoned by the toxic floodwaters that filled many New Orleans neighborhoods.
At the start of the flooding, as the waters of already less-than-pristine Lake Pontchartrain poured through collapsed levees into low-lying areas, health experts and environmentalists feared […]

Here's the latest word on the toxic soup:
1/10th of the weight of some sediment samples is from diesel and fuel oils…
There are "dangerous amounts of sewage-related bacteria"…
There's E. Coli…
There's increased lead and arsenic…
The petroleum products might take years to go away…
So, how dangerous is this?
William Farland, the EPA's acting science adviser, said he sees nothing […]

From "Rumors of riots, crime unfounded, officials say":
During the information vacuum following Hurricane Katrina, locals made scores of frantic calls to area newspapers and police to report the unimaginable: Evacuees from New Orleans were being stripped of loaded guns at a Houma shelter. Roving gangs from the inner city were patrolling local neighborhoods. A woman […]

Emphasis on the "some" part. The Boston Globe interviewed up to six sociologists and other social boffins and they say that after most natural disasters there's relatively little looting. They question whether there was as much looting after Katrina as the networks and the rest of the MSM have claimed.
From "Up for Grabs":
…[Clark McPhail, emeritus […]