Our helicopter has been granted permission to fly and we're receiving offers from across the country of wonderful donated items to give out.

Each country has its own character, but heavy metal fans all over the world have a lot in common. It's fantastic.

There are around 20,000 people in Gretna alone who have not evacuated. We're taking in ready-to-eat meals, mobile kitchens, food, water, building materials -- everything these people desperately need right now.

We've been given special permission from the Coast Guard to sail with supplies to areas that are still closed to regular traffic. We received a special invitation from the mayor of Gretna, and our ship Hope is sailing with food, water and other needed supplies.

This year we expect this (Coconut Cove) to be the largest AARP Tax-Aid filing site in the country.

I'd venture to say there aren't too many other programs in the country where the head coach of a Division I football program checks class. And it's an eye-opener for those student-athletes, I guarantee you, when they're five minutes late for class and there's the head football coach standing at the door tapping his foot looking highly displeased.