To help your heroes locate villians try the internet. Many villians
will have crazy fan clubs. Plus there are lots of perverts to troll
for on line. Then there is just straight research that can be done on
line. For criminals that want to be caught or are insane IE most of
Batman's foes. Advertising your crime makes a lot of sense. However
not every criminal wants to make a statement. Just the same some plot
hooks to get characters involved in crime fighting might be a helpful
post. When I was running my games characters never really got involved
in a natural or other disaster. Timing was always wrong, however I had
one GM allow my flying character (Thunder Strike) to help people just
after a big quake in Mexico. Which I would gladly do as well if it
came up in one of my games. How you should handle the disaster in the
big easy. I would likely restart my game right after the storm hit.
Depending on what I was trying to accomplish. Thats enough for now.
Ferret......