Not a very politically correct thought, but...

Here's a weird thought. I keep thinking about all the people directly affected by the Hurricane, numbers in the hundreds of thousands displaced, maybe thousands more dead...there's a chance, albeit a REMOTE chance, that one guy in the gulf coast area very recently broke up with a girl named Katrina. Imagine these two possible scenarios:

1) The guy gets dumped by Katrina. His heart is broken. Then, his house is razed by a storm bearing the same name as his ex-girlfriend. Insult to injury.

2) Katrina gets dumped by the guy. Then, comes the storm, with the same horrible result to his house and home. In this case, the ultimate in karmic retribution.

Either way, this guy will have a story to tell for the rest of his life.

Seriously, though, My grandparents were lucky enough to get out of New Orleans before the storm hit. Many thousands of people are lucky to be alive today, let alone get out of New Orleans. Keep these people in your thoughts (and prayers, if that's your thing), and give whatever you can to help.

Today's pic is a bit of a departure from my usual digital shots. This is a digital illustration of a shot I took while on a photo shoot at City Park in New Orleans. The columns surround a fountain that the city spend over a million dollars to renovate, but had to close it off due to vandalism. The fountain part of the park was only available by appointment. From what I can gather, the entire park is under water, maybe destroyed completely.