As I said before, "How dangerous is the water?"

KRT Wire | 09/09/2005 | Rumors of dysentery, cholera are unfounded, health officials say:

"There was no dysentery and no cholera, health officials say. Lab tests showed that the outbreak of diarrhea that raised fears of dysentery was caused by Norwalk virus. Norwalk, which sometimes hits travelers on ships, is also known as 'the cruise ship virus.'"

That's the word from Biloxi in a report on improving conditions at 15 Red Cross shelters in the six-county Gulf coast region of Mississippi.