One of my best friends in high school was named Katrina. As she was the only one I knew with that name, I always associated it with a certain sweet disposition. My associations have now been shot to ribbons by the hurricane that is currently thwacking New Orleans. My thoughts are with all the folks who live down there, whose lives are being permanently altered, rearranged and destroyed. Check out Metroblogging New Orleans for first hand accounts and updates.