hurricane katrina and how you can help

it's hard to imagine how awful the devastation is, but a quick look at some of the katrina tagged pictures in flickr can give you some idea.

(AP Photo, Irwin Thompson, i didn't get permission to use it sorry..)

amazon is doing a really great thing by taking donations for the american red cross on their site. Donate here. this is helpful because the red cross web site itself can't sustain the amount of traffic it's getting at this point, so by using this link you'll be giving room for others to help + helping out with your own donation.