Bio~Lab + Hurricane = Disaster

A dozen states, including Mississippi, are competing intensely to play host to a government research lab full of killer germs like anthrax, avian flu and foot-and-mouth disease - a prospect some of their residents want to avoid like the plague.

Opponents in Mississippi have posted "No Bio-Lab" signs. According to local news reports, opponents in Kentucky greeted federal officials visiting that site with signs that said "Hal! No! We won't go!" a reference to Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., who serves on the House Appropriations homeland security subcommittee.

What are they thinking? Katrina showed us how much havoc one hurricane can wreck, and the damage wasn't limited to the coast, Central Mississippi got hit hard by Katrina too. Do we really want to add a hazardous bio-lab to the mix?