MOVING TO FRONT FROM SEPTEMBER 3
I've heard from Graeme Forbes, a professor at Tulane, and Derek Bowman, a graduate student there, both of whom are safe and away from the city. I'm opening comments, and invite others in the philosophical communities affected by this catastrophe to post whatever might be relevant--that they're safe, where they are, whom they've also seen, what their plans are, etc. Now that Tulane has officially cancelled the fall semester (I assume Loyola and the University of New Orleans are doing the same), I also invite Departments that might be able to host displaced faculty and students for the term to post that information, or links to the general policies of their universities, where relevant (UT Austin's is here). I'll keep this thread at the top of the blog site for awhile.
UPDATE (6:40 pm, Saturday, CST): I am pleased to see many members of the Tulane philosophical community already taking advantage of this forum, and would like to encourage those from other New Orleans and Southern Mississippi Departments (or others affected about which I do not know) to do the same. I'll keep this thread at the top of the page throughout the week, by which time, hopefully, folks will have made necessary connections, begun establishing routines and plans for the term, and have found more conventional means of communication back in place. (I'll leave the thread on-line after that too, of course, but perhaps not at the top of the page, depending on where things stand at that point.)
