[patkeefe]

To all:
I have lived long enough to see some memorably bad things happen to my fellow humans before, many at close range. Although I don't watch TV, I have seen and read enough on the internet to realize that the people in NO and the surrounding areas are totally screwed, almost beyond comprehension.

I don't really consider myself affluent, but I've got two Porsches, and every one of you has one also. The folks down there have nothing, will have to live like refugees for at least months, have nothing to go back to, provided they survive this. Put off the new brake rotors or the steering wheel upgrade for a bit, and join me in trying to help out our fellow man during this hellish crisis. Send some cash to the Red Cross or other relief organization, for starters.

A couple of million people will silently thank you.