As anyone who reads this regularly would know, I have a bunch of friends who live in New Orleans, including (especially) my co-editors, Melusine and the Marquis. As I've been getting some queries as to how they are in the aftermath of Katrina, I thought I'd post a note here to say that I've now heard from (or about) all my friends who live there -- and they're all okay, thus far.
Melusine (aka Hespeth aka Liz) happened to have stayed in her apartment in the French Quarter. I've been hearing periodically from her from the day before the hurricane hit.
The Marquis lives in New Orleans but was visiting in NY when Katrina started moving towards the Gulf Coast. So, for the past few days, he's been freaked out and frustrated to be so far away from home while this has been going on. He started compiling all sorts of news from the official news sources as well as all sorts of bits and pieces everyone we know who's not in the city has heard from those who are still in New Orleans. So, for that, see his LiveJournal.
"It's feeling very Mad Max around here." -- Melusine
Yeah, from the last thing I heard, it sounds like the aftermath is shaping up to be quite a bizarre thing.
Hardly really know what else to say about it right now. Other than "yow."
