I'm biased bc my mom cowrote it but I love Cooking Up A Storm, the times-picayune's recipe book compiled from people who wrote into the newspaper to help them find recipes they lost after Hurricane Katrina through archival research or crowdsourcing

Probably highly rated by Consumer Reports.

Some people I know are doing the strategic and on the ground work. My contribution for now is starting the whistle stockpile. And yes to everything you say.

New Yorker here who had the same thought last week (I used eBay). 144 whistles arrived today, mailed in clear bags. Interesting to be continued conversation with the doorman on duty.