A fascinating animation (link removed) graphic of how the surge from Hurricane Gustav may go, from the NOAA (via Twitter).
I wonder why John McCain thinks it would be helpful to have him in the middle of the post-storm mess:
McCain said in an interview with NBC that it was possible he would make his acceptance speech not from the convention podium but via satellite from the Gulf Coast region.
The formal business of the convention includes […]
Pretty quiet, they’re saying, all along the coast tonight. Nearly 2 million people evacuated (incredible!). And now it’s the big wait…
I can’t help thinking, though, that this looks a lot different from three years ago. I sure hope so.
This entire exercise — another hurricane roaring into Louisiana… me watching from my safe […]
The SciGuy has updated his New Orleans post to reflect the latest info. I’m definitely starting to feel a bit better about the city’s outlook.
Of course, the westerly turn Gustav’s taking means other areas are coming back into the cone. Like mine (though not yet).
Luckily, I have a post almost ready to go, […]
Thanks to some friends from Algiers Point who’ve emailed, I’ve managed to run down “my” people finally.
They’re good.
Everybody’s out who could go, and safely located outside the major danger areas. Those who couldn’t get out, of course, will be busily keeping the streets and water safe in the coming days.
Phew!
I really was starting […]
The Chronicle’s SciGuy, Eric Berger, has spent the last several days monitoring Gustav, posting and updating, and even holding live chats.
Now that it’s clear that Houston’s not going to be in the line of fire, though, he’s turned his formidable knowledge toward New Orleans, and what Gustav’s impact, under current circumstances (less than a day […]
I’m tense. The track of this storm is just so very bad, and the only ray of hope I’m seeing just now for NOLA is that Gustav dropped to a Cat 3 in the night, and may hit land now as a Cat 4 or weaker.
I can’t find any of “my” people, and I’m supposed […]
Jesum. Hurricane Gustav — currently a Cat 4 and anticipated to grow to a Cat 5 before slamming into the Gulf Coast as a Cat 4 or 3 again — is already becoming a political football. And we’re still a good solid 2 days from landfall.
Here’s TalkLeft, firing at the right:
President Bush has […]
This is just a shout-out to those folks from New Orleans who still read Polimom, all these (not so many) years later.
As I write, the projections suggest that the surge this time could potentially be the worst case scenario for NOLA. Eric Berger (my absolute GoToGuy for hurricanes) has a truly scary post up […]
She can only hurt you.
So said Richard Nixon, anyway (though of course he used a masculine pronoun.)
I wonder what he’d have thought about Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running-mate? Some folks have thoughts on the matter.
I tend to agree.
Had to take Adorable Child (AC) to a doctor’s appointment today. Her doctor mentioned that she’d been seeing people all morning who “had to get in today” because they were “evacuating”.
AC confirmed that many of the kids she knows are leaving town early, so they can be safely away before Gustav comes.
Please. […]
Okay. I’m back from vacation. But I’ve not returned to where I was, mentally — and watching Barack Obama’s speech last night brought that all the way home for me.
Politically speaking, it was an extremely good speech. There were a number of mandatory bridges to cross, and he did that forcefully, right […]
Since I’m hooked into a free WiFi hotspot, I decided to share some of where I’ve been.
I spent the early part of last week in Dayton, OH — one of America’s fastest dying cities. And yes, they have Wright Patterson AFB, but it’s not nearly a large enough basket for a broken egg […]
It’s that time of year again, when the heat here has reached the point that I’m about to melt, and my patience with the Gulf Coast is exhausted.
Time to get away.
I expect to be back the third week of August.
Hopefully by that time John McCain will remember that he’s supposed to be presenting himself as […]