For us non-US catsailors, this forum has become a regular (daily) port of call. We've come to looking forward to the comments of many of the regular forum posters (many of whom we've never met or will meet). Our thoughts and prayers inevitably go out to those who have lost family, friends, property, or livlihoods and to those who may not have lost anything but are prepared to get off their b*tts and help those who have.
So from us b****y foreigners a thankyou to all the Catsailor team members. In the scheme of things this forum may not seem terribly important, but to many of us it is!!!

PS Here in the UK there are several appeals running to provide funds/goods to organisations like the Red Cross who are currently providing help and aid. I'm sure other European nations and Southern Hemisphere countries have similar programs. Let's trust that the next time a third world nation gets hit big time, the rest of us respond just as fully. If nothing else, the way Katrina brought parts of the Southern US to a standstill makes you begin to realise what such an event must mean to a less rich nation.