On a lighter note, Patrick Nielsen Hayden in his blog, remarking about the swiftly organized efforts by the Society for Creative Anachronism (
link) to assemble relief and evac convoys to help Hurricane Katrina victims:
Say what you will about the SCA, but they do know something about dealing with large events that take place in a sea of mud. (link)
(grin) We do, at that.
We also know something about not leaving our people behind.