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 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Donald Roberts Sr. was prying off molding from a wall in his hurricane-ravaged home when a piece broke loose and hit him, embedding a nail in his arm. He pulled out the nail and headed to a temporary emergency hospital downtown for a checkup and a tetanus shot.
"I just wanted to make sure," the 57-year-old Roberts said while waiting in the labyrinth of medical tents set up in a parking lot.
Health officials say accidents like Robert's and the explosion of mold in homes and buildings pose the biggest health risks in Gulf Coast areas hit by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The disease outbreaks feared earlier didn't materialize in the weeks after the storms.
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