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Shit. Here we go again. Fingers crossed.
Time to leave New Orleans
I've been criticized by some for recommending people evacuate New Orleans, since that's not my job, and for saying "it's not natural" to live in a city that lies partially below sea level. I apologize for my remarks, they could have been phrased better. We had to build New Orleans where it is, and it is a great city that needs to be protected. The fact remains that New Orleans is highly vulnerable to storms like Gustav. Gustav is capable of bringing a storm surge to the city that will overwhelm the levees. Pre-Katrina wisdom suggested that the city needed 72 hours to evacuate. With the population about half of the pre-Katrina population, that lead time is about 60 hours. With Gustav likely to bring tropical storm force winds to the city by Monday afternoon, that means it's time to leave. I'm not an emergency manager, but I am a hurricane scientist. I understand the danger this storm poses better than most. The risk of staying in New Orleans is unacceptable. This is a huge and dangerous storm that has already killed a lot of people. The projected track and strength of Gustav is very close to that of Hurricane Betsy of 1965, the Category 3 hurricane that overwhelmed New Orleans' levees, and killed 76 people. It's time to get out of New Orleans.
I'm fixin' to join the cult of The Steve and get a Mac Book Pro. Primarily for QuickTunes, Final Cut and surfing the interweb. I plan to swap out my PCMCIA EVDO card for a USB EVDO card so I can use it with the Mac for wireless broadband. Also, I want to be able to work with MS Office files from PCs..
Are there killer apps that I should get?
Roger Tory Peterson Centennial
"stillborn" baby lives after hours in hospital cooler.
TORONTO — What exactly was he planning to do with 2,865 bicycles?
The police are baffled by what Igor Kenk planned to do with such a surplus of bikes. That is just one of many questions the police and others have been puzzling over since the arrest last month of Igor Kenk, the owner of a used-bike shop here.
emily is not real.
whos the joker that sent me a subscription to field and stream?
papa's got a brand new bag
g whiz
what this neighborhood needs is another hotel?
cube its
something special
steve
What's the best website for finding airfares to Europe?
zone din
orwell blogging
foam dome
100 pushups
080808
Courthouse Confessions -- "A dog can take a pee and I can't. I guess they have more rights then I do. Right. I'm watching a cop ride a horse taking a dump that I got to ride over on my bicycle and I can't take a piss on a pile of trash. You know. Fuck."
from russia with love