The I of the Storm

I was talking Katrina aftermath with a yeast scientist, George Santangelo, at the University of Southern Miss in Hattiesburg. Things were ?a little nasty? he said, even that far inland -- he?s roughly 50 miles from the Gulf. But he ?obviously has no complaints relative to folks further south.? The gulf coast campus apparently suffered significant damage. In Hattiesburg things fared rather well, but it will take until the next rainfall to see if roof repair holds up. It?s nice, Santangelo said, that reagents companies are offering 50% off on replacements lost due to power outages. He also told me that a colleague at University of Alabama had also made offers of lab space to anyone displaced by the storm. Santangelo?s lab does have some positions open, and I said I would plug the group for him. Obviously the outpouring of support and offers for help have been extraordinary, and...