Comics community
There have been a lot of accounts on the web about the disaster in New Orleans and horrible though they may be, they are fascinating to read. One that was mentioned on Boing Boing was written by Leo McGovern, who runs a zine. As a comic fan he has documented (almost accidently) the destruction of his collection. The only comic he rescued was a copy of transmetropolitan. Already, other comics fans have offered their condolences and even offered to donate comics to rebuild his collection. Geeky as it is, comics fans have formed such a lovely online community.
Read his storyhere.