Dane,

We all share your frustration that the United States government did not call 
out every military helicopter in the nation to rush into Louisiana and 
Mississippi to pluck out all the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. However, none of us 
are helicopter pilots and few are medical doctors or magicians. We are all 
concerned for the destruction of heritage resources and it is totally appropriate 
for Vergil Noble to address emergency conservation of collections because 
that is part of what we can do in the crisis. 

Each moment I peer into my TV set, I am astonished not to see thousands of 
soldiers, sailors, air men, and marines standing on street corners protecting 
and saving those in need. What idiot failed to send them? We have hundreds of 
ships withing hours of New Orleans capable of making fresh water from sea water, 
but why are they not anchored and doing something? People are dying from lack 
of water and food and medicines and the dead (in Mississippi) are being 
temporarily tied to trees. Yes, this is a national crisis, but part of that crisis 
is to save our heritage. That is what WE do and this is the place to talk 
about it.

Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.