It's a pattern not uncommon in disaster areas. These people come in and acquire local companies, making the most of the reputations of those companies.

We're looking at a disaster that will take months for people to recover from. We're in it for the long haul.

We see this after every major disaster or tragedy. People are putting forward their wish lists and saying it's all connected to the hurricane. We saw it after 9-11. Everyone was saying then that it was national security.

People are trying to decide whether the man-made disaster is worse than Mother Nature's disaster.

In most cases, the disaster recovery measures worked very well.

We've added a FEMA disaster advisory alerting consumers to cars that were registered in the gulf.