Damn. How'd dat happen?

Oh well, too late now. But I'm back for real this time (a likely story).

I'm at home working on some of my graduate projects, when I couldn't help but turn on CNN to check in on whatever the hell is going on in New Orleans.

The result of which is a series of video clips that I'm about to put up here, that I would love it if you helped me follow up on, as my time is limited today and tomorrow, but, you know, timing's a bitch :-)

I'm trying to determine what is actually going on over there so I can determine how I can best help out. I read an article questioning the effectiveness of giving money to the Red Cross (like a "they're not going to actually be there helping out, so don't give them money" story) -- that also contributed to my apprehension about just throwing money at the problem (my first response).