I haven't been on the audio sites in a while and was surprised to see this thread.
Thanks for your concern George SchubertManiac. And thanks for posting on my behalf, Albert and Brian.
I moved from New Orleans two months ago. It had nothing to do with my being smart; I pissed off the relative who owned the majority interest in the house I had been living in, and got myself thrown out. I did not want to move.
I haven't heard from Richard yet, Albert. I'll post here when I do, but I'm confident he made it out.
The scope of the devastation to over a million lives (across the gulf coast region) makes my isolated good luck seem somehow blasphemous. I still identify with New Orleans; that's my home, those are my people. That's my city dying.
Duke