[Peach]

Thank you. Good luck with your upcoming surgery, IG.

[kayak]

The thread linked below is an outstanding compilation of photos and captions journaling the federal and local response to Hurricane Katrina, starting before the storm made landfall.

Warning: it is loaded with pictures. It will be painfully slow to load if you are on dial-up or have a slow modem but it will be worth it.

Start the thread loading and then go do something for a few hours while waiting for all the pics to show up ... :-)

Katrina, a photographic timeline: Powerful proof federal response was NOT slow (warning, many pics)