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Katrina

I've been extra-busy with work for the past couple of weeks, not bothering to follow the news, slow to catch up on my favorite blogs (even slower to write anything), and generally just too wrapped up in my own petty grievances to pay much attention to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

Of course, I knew that the devastation was horrific, but the full impact didn't hit me until today when I started making the rounds of my favorite blogs. Linda has gone so far as to contemplate the consequences of anarchy, Seth's first post in, like, 3 months laments the destruction of an utterly unique American city, kottke has taken a break from posting anything at all over the weekend out of respect, and Kathleen has been scrutinizing many facets of the tragedy with great interest.

And when you're done reading this smokerblog blather, check out katrina.com where web designer Katrina Blankenship, faced with a flood of traffic after the storm, turned her site into a clearinghouse for information on the hurricane, including links to various relief organizations.