Irene is capable of inundating portions of the coast under 10 15 feet of water, to the highest storm surge depths ever recorded. I strongly recommend that all residents of the midAtlantic and New England coast familiarize themselves with their storm surge risk. The best source of that information is the National Hurricane Center's Interactive Storm Surge Risk Map..Then Smith starts on Sunday against the Rams. As long as "we've got something special going on here," as Smith puts it, he keeps the job. But Kaepernick is the ultimate relief pitcher, easily the NFL's best possible sparkplug off the bench.

It's not that difficult to understand why Mayo has struggled to hang on to the ball this year. I mean, after rarely getting to handle the ball for a Memphis team that played games at a snail's pace, Mayo had a huge chunk of ballhandling duties this season for a team with one of the fastest paces in the league. The combination of his added responsibilities and tempor