Disasters bring out the best and worst in us. I witnessed some amazing displays of compassion and humanity and some abysmal behaviors that one can only cope with by completely ignoring them and putting our faith in our better selves. The same can be said for marketing. There’s the good, the bad and the just plain abysmal. It doesn’t take much to find examples of each in the days following a natural (or even man-made) disaster. One hardly has to look further than one’s Twitter stream or email inbox. Here are a few things I noticed about business, marketing and people in the week or so after the hurricane. I hope they will inspire the better self in you to be more like the heroes of these stories.