Live From New Orleans

Thanks to Steve Jackson's Daily Illuminator for pointing this one out: a blog from a man who is helping to keep the Internet up in New Orleans. Besides having eyewitness accounts of the tales of survival, the carnage, the looting, the awful circumstances that just get worse every hour... it's an unfolding tale of dedication, courage, and sacrifice as they try to keep the lines of communication open in a devastated city. Really, it's amazing stuff.

Fannish Relief Effort for Katrina

Larry Dixon and Mercedes Lackey have set up GryphonKing.com as a clearinghouse for info about helping other fen in the fen, relocation and other assistance for sf/fantasy fans and gamers made homeless by Hurricane Katrina. They say they'll have PayPal donations up soon.

In a similar vein, MoveOn.org has set up Hurricane Housing.

Loving the Olbermann

Starting tonight, Keith Olbermann on MSNBC is going to have a segment called "I'm Okay", which is basically people trapped in New Orleans who haven't been able to communicate with their family and friends.