Wet Spots: Hurricane Edition

It's no secret that Fleshbot is directly affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster, and the (home) New Orleans offices of Fleshbot Central will be inaccessible for months. Our editor is currently safe and dry, but with thousands still trapped and dying, the impact is horrifying. (See my Tuesday plea for help, Save The Mardi Gras Babes.) Some sex bloggers are AWOL, some are afraid for their NO-area based lovers.

New Orleans has been a major destination for porn shoots, porn star appearances, Mardi Gras boob hunts and Girls Gone Wild. So just what is the adult industry doing (or not) to help? Today begins Hurricane Katrina Blog for Relief Weekend; see how your favorite sex bloggers are doing and which adult companies have put their money where their body parts are after the jump. V. Blue

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· This post is not about hurricane porn, which would be in bad taste if it existed (it does not, and hopefully it never will), but some bloggers are transmogrifying the term. "Open Hurricane Porn Thread" (Daniel W. Drezner)

· This is Mardi Gras, a site we've linked to for cute flasher pics in the past, is gone.

· Many unaffected sex blogs are just sexing and blogging as usual, and those I included in this week's roundup, jacking off merrily away to Victoria's Secret catalogs and whining about not being spanked enough, which by Wednesday I found strangely comforting.

· My weekly Sex Blog Roundup, which spans a worldwide collection of over 250 sex blogs, was eerily quieter than usual. Some sex bloggers may simply be not posting, while others who live(d) in New Orleans are living day to day, while others are silent.

· Quite a few sexbloggers have erupted in small, intense posts pleading for help in the form of donations, such as Diary of a Pornographer, Fred and Wilma's Fun, Dominatrix Ms. Coral Korrupt, Naked Loft Party, Sex and the Second City, Gay Porn Blog, and emotional outpourings like Just One Bite.

· A handful of sex blogs have reached critical mass, like Viviane's Sex Carnival and Bibi's Box, entreating us with detailed posts on how to help.

· A few are following the disaster day to day and have many friends affected, such as Lusty Lady and Too Beautiful.

· Heartbreakingly, some sex bloggers like Life of A Demure College Student have blogged the anguish over loved ones, painful personal sadness, and feared the worst (PrayPrayPray).

· So what about the wide world of porn, birthplace of epics such as Debbie Does New Orleans? AVN is helping out—by writing articles about hurricane relief. AVN reports that Bikini Brawl, Dane Productions, MALLcom, Angel Pictures, DNA, Extreme Associates, Evolution Erotica and D&E Productions (dandevideos.com and allboysvideo.com) all told AVN and Xbiz they would "donate proceeds" to organizations, but as of yet the sites do not include information about donations. Let's hope it's not just hot air. (AVN, Xbiz)

· Bikini Brawl will be holding a fund-raising brawl on Sept. 10 in Van Nuys, CA, but as of this posting have no info on their site, so find the information in this article. Also in the article, Holly Randall tells AVN that all members of suze.net and suzevideo.com in the affected areas will have their memberships comped for three months, and while we know how free hot porn like theirs is certainly a relief, they do not break with tradition by including the info for the public on their sites. (AVN)

· A seperate site has been set up by an assembled group of adult webmasters called Webmasters4America, where WEGCash is cash matching donations up to $40K, though the site only accepts online checks (ACH) or ePassporte (who donated $5K to the fund). The big name on the site is Hustler, though a visit to Hustler sites reveals nothing about disaster support; ePassporte is the only site notifying clients about donating. More about Webmasters4America and ePassporte's contributions here. (Xbiz)

· Shane's World tells AVN that they will be giving the entire $24.95 membership fee from signups over Labor Day weekend to the Red Cross. Unlike others, their site proclaims and explains the information; just watch out for the rebills, folks.

· Straightforward (or maybe not so straight) supporters include Raging Stallion, who were quick to get a big banner up dedicating $10 from every sale to the Red Cross (they have not been included in industry press). Mr. S Leathers site has a big donation button and commitment for proceeds; Smut by Mail is donating $5 from every order placed through October 31 (!), and also bucks industry tradition by informing their customers clearly on their site. Hotwax Cosmetics, a brand marketed to porn performers, is giving 20% of the month's purchases to the Red Cross, though the only information for non-AVN reading customers is on their blog.

· At this time, no online sex toy retail companies are making donations, though Adam and Eve have a notice up stating that they will not be shipping orders to affected areas.

· One Southern Decadence site is gone; the other is evidently hosted outside of NO and has not been updated. This Southern Decadence Yahoo group contains updated information about the event.

· At Girls Gone Wild, it's business as usual. If any adult sites actaully post information about their efforts (as opposed to talking with industry journaists), online sex toy retailers join in, or porn stars contribute through their personal websites, please email me with information.

· Update: Sex podcaster Graydancer of popular Shibari show Rope Weekly has combined forces with Rainbow Rope in a "virtual blood drive", giving away 15' of 1/4" red rope to everyone who sends in pictures proving they've donated blood. The details are at Greydancer's Rope Weekly, where Grey says it's "a way to both help those in need and still fulfill your kink."

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