Hurricane

GB,

I personally am unfamilar with Lou. From a little research it appears Lou is affiliated with Gamescience. If I recall correctly, they've been around a long time. I am sure however that he appreciates your thoughts and prayers. It is difficult for us who were not directly affected by Katrina to actually comprehend the level of devastation there. The only thing we see are what we see on TV and higher gas prices at the pump. As time goes by, I think it will be almost impossible for us Americans to NOT know or meet someone who was affected by this tragedy. I never thought I see something like that. It makes you have a greater appreciation of the power of nature.

-Darke

At this point, I think it's too early to have the enviro-polical debate (it's a valid debate to have, but just save it for a handful of months from now) ... there are still too many people that need help.

I received an e-mail from Greg Schloesser, a top-10 BGG game reviewer, Spielfrieks frequent poster, former member of the West Bank Gamers, etc. -- I'm sure most of you have heard of him.

In it, he says this (I hope he doesn't mind me publicly quoting from an e-mail):

From all of the local reports I've been able to get to via the internet, and friends with e-mail, I hear nothing but the same. No matter what the national media want to focus on, there are plenty of problems all across that whole region that need to be dealt with beyond the idiots causing mayhem in New Orleans.

-Bryk

I think that Clint (theraje) lives near the border with Mississippi, along the section where the border runs straight north/south ... should have been far enough north to avoid the "big hit" -- but I know that standard services (power, phone, cable, cell, etc.) are very inconsistent throughout both of those states.

-Bryk