Katrina Coverage

Good news for you spiceheads, as the McIlhenny Co. - purveyors of Tabasco sauce - reports that their plant was safe from Hurricane Rita's floods.
The plant is located on Avery "Island":
Salt domes are the tips of underground mountains of salt. In south Louisiana, they're usually surrounded by land rather than water. But for a while, Avery Island was surrounded by water.
"Ninety-five percent or more was above water," McIlhenny said. "We're the highest point on the Gulf Coast between Brownsville, Texas, and Key Largo, Florida, because of the salt dome."