Now you see it, now you don’t. Looks like Google Maps had a challenge blending post-katrina and pre-katrina shots.

Hope the incoming traffic stops in time…

Tags: biloxi, google, hurricanes, katrina, maps

Count on the oil platforms shutting down soon. Do you have your gas tank filled?
Has anyone blamed Bush yet? May as well get that out of the way.
Will Landrieu actually punch Bush this time?
Will Nagin get off HIS ass this time?
Will the Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool be put to good use this time?

Will the [...]

Ever gone to the theatre and watched a film so powerful that your grip on the armrest left your fingerprints and embedded such a strong image in your mind that hours later you couldn’t stop thinking about it? If so, you’ll understand my state of mind after I took a trip over to Biloxi/Gulfport to [...]

Did Mozilla know it was my birthday today? They released Firefox 1.5 just for me? Actually, I think I’ll hold off upgrading for a few days to give the extension updates a chance to get caught up.
Another important event happened today. This is the last day of hurricane season. After the season we’ve been through, [...]

Tropical Depression 24. The NHC is calling for this to become an intense hurricane over the next few days. So, what’s the next storm name letter? W? We should call this one Hurricane WTF.

Mayor Negligence? Gov Boo Hoo? Are you paying attention here?

Tags: hurricanes

Josef Goebbels would have been happy with much of the mainstream media in the past few weeks since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Goebbels, for those of you too young to know, was Hitler’s propaganda minister. He is credited with creating the concept of The Big Lie. The idea was that if you tell [...]

First Ivan, then Dennis, then Katrina. This is what my backyard looks like.

OTOH, perhaps there’s a market here for filming a "Blair Witch" type movie.

Tags: hurricanes, katrina

W steps up to the plate
President Bush for the first time took responsibility Tuesday for federal government mistakes in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and suggested the calamity raised broader questions about the government’s ability to handle both natural disasters and terror attacks.
He’s proving he is the bigger person. Will the mayor and the govenor do [...]

Even those on the left have a lucid thought here and there:
The fetid aroma of hindsight - Los Angeles Times
Obviously — obviously in hindsight, that is — we should have spent the money to strengthen the New Orleans levees. President Clinton should have done it. Presidents Bush the Elder and Reagan should have done it. [...]

No shame
Journalists who are long on opinions and short on knowledge have no idea what is involved in moving hundreds of tons of relief supplies into an area the size of England in which power lines are down, telecommunications are out, no gasoline is available, bridges are damaged, roads and airports are covered with debris, [...]