Help keep Salon independent

Mary Foster

Mississippi River floodwaters continue to creep up the Old Train Depot in downtown Vicksburg, Miss., Saturday, May 14, 2011. The waters from the Mississippi River and its tributaries are not expected to crest in Vicksburg until Thursday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) (AP)

Miss. River spillway opens, towns await floodwater

Mary Foster, Melinda Deslatte

Workers stand atop the Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La., Thursday, May 12, 2011, as water seeps through, bottom, during an aerial tour of areas that may be affected by flooding if the spillway is opened. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

Louisiana readies to open spillway, flood Cajun country

Mary Foster, Holbrook Mohr

Sand blows across a tiger dam on a beach as the outer edges of Tropical Storm Alex approach the Louisiana coast in Grand Isle, La., Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The dam is expected to protect the island's beaches from oil that washes ashore from April's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

Distant hurricane pushes oil onto beaches

Tom Breen, Mary Foster

Paula Deen hits New Orleans to help Gulf fishermen

Mary Foster