Oh lawd, lawd. He has arisen. Even dead seemed to try to flee Ike’s wrath Hurricane Katrina chased bluesman Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown from his adopted home in New Orleans to his hometown here on the Texas Gulf Coast, where he died in exile. Now, another hurricane has disturbed his rest. The 1982 Grammy Award winner’s…
Ahh! Santana Moss!
– Moss has seven receptions for 164 yards and one TD with a long (the TD) of 67. – It was ugly all the way through but really got ugly in the fourth quarter. I remember telling Mikey we just needed a couple first downs and this one would be out of reach. Little did…
Sunday Morning Blogspotting
– Clay offers up some photos of local flood protection points-of-interest during Ike’s storm surge. It is always commendable when a blogger puts their boots on the ground and provides the simplest information not reported in the local coverage. No comments necessary, just the facts here. – Speaking of boots on the ground, Maitri, Karen,…
Au Revoir Ruthie
Ruthie the Duck Girl dies of cancer at 74 I dressed up as Ruthi this past year for Halloween and, after only skating a few short blocks in the Quarter I parked my ass on Molly’s bar stool in fear of busting my ass. Many rounds later, I was trying to skate to the bathroom…
Like Ike, If I Could Be Like Ike
In the latest report, the NHC finally backed off Ike’s predicted strengthening before landfall. It had been anticipated Ike would (strangely) strengthen a few miles off the coast. The mea culpa is in this latest forecast discussion. Three factors seem to converge here. 1.) Though NHC did an excellent job predicting the path of Gustav,…
Wolf!
I understand the need to convince people to leave in the face of a storm. But really, certain death? Certain? Death? Weather service warns of ‘certain death’ in face of Ike Perhaps the National Weather Service doesn’t understand the word “certain.” To me, it means, there will be no escape. People will all die. There…
Gustav’s Good, Bad and Ugly
See also: Celcus Update: In regards to Southern Scrap below, please read this, it is apparently, quite ugly indeed. The Good PBJ – Though despised by much of the blogoshere, Jindel’s robot routine actually provided a soothing, systematic voice throughout. Forecasters – They were pretty much on the money with much of the predictions, as…
Back In The N-O-L-A
Wed – Left Wednesday with the sole purpose of denying Nagin’s tiered return policy. – Got back Wednesday afternoon to no power. – Cleaned up the yard and took boards off windows. – Drug out generator not used in Katrina and fired it up after reading instructions. – Barbecued with neighbors. – Wondered when the…
A Sort Of Homecoming
Leavin’ today by freeway, highway or byway. See y’all on our side. Still don’t have power on my block so updates will return when it does.
Algiers Point (swoons)
Dear city officials, how can you tell us to stay away from this? Algiers Point residents grilling, drinking away Coming home tomorrow. If you need to turn us away, do it to our face. If you had only asked us to stay another day, perhaps we would have. We’re reasonable.