Ever the opportunist, I was watching the Fox News online live feed in Galveston during Hurricane Ike when…
- Geraldo Rivera Gets whacked in the forehead by some flying debris
Yessss!!!!!!
He slowly slumped to his knees with the effectiveness and efficiency worthy of a 1960′s B movie
(perhaps this storm should’ve been named Roger (Clemens)
Earlier…
- Steve Harrigan tries out the Michael Phelps look
Here was my view of Hurricane Dennis
It appears that there is still a portion of the western Mississippi Gulf Coast that hasn’t updated to post-katrina (and, no, I still don’t capitalize that word) images on Google Maps. The area where the old blends with the new shows an amazing contrast of just what destruction a hurricane can do.
It seems that there is a big buzz around the blogosphere and internet news sites concerning Google Maps’ return to pre-katrina satellite views for the New Orleans area.
First of all, it could be that I’m just on a renegade Google data center, but I haven’t seen the post-katrina views for over a year now. Big honking deal.
Second, since when did it become Google’s responsibility to provide close-up views of all the devastation that most would rather forget? Go back through this blog and you will see that I’ve had my own criticisms of Google and I’ll surely have more in the future. However, I’ve got Google’s back on this. It’s a free service to you, the viewer. Unless you’re a stockholder, I’m sure Google could care less about your conspiracy theory (whatever that theory may be.) Want/need post-katrina satellite views? Go to the NOAA site. From what I’ve seen, it has better images anyway.
(update – 4/2) Looks like Google has updated again – to post-post-katrina images. Not the flooding images from immediately afterwards, but blue-roof and FEMA trailer shots after the water had receded. Google didn’t give in to the feds before, I have to wonder if they are doing so now.
And I see that the Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool is still going strong.
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…
This boat remains where Hurricane Ivan left her two years ago. Zoom out and you can see more derelict boats.
Now that Google Maps has updated locally with increased resolution, I thought I would do a little cruise around the neighborhood. At first glance, you would have to think, “Wow, there sure is a pile of swimming pools around here.”
As it turns out, if you zoom in, the blue you see is actually just blue roofs!
(I really have no way of knowing how old these shots actually are, but I would bet that they are less than a year old)
I have an old friend in Dallas, who likes to call now and then to plan a visit. In 2004, she had her plans ready and then hurricane ivan got here first. In 2005, she again had her plans made and then hurricane katrina blocked her path. And now, I got a call from her last week to tell me she was planning to come to town for the Labor Day weekend. The only problem is that it now looks like Ernesto just may beat her here.
Sylvia, if you’re reading this: NEVER TELL ME YOUR PLANS AGAIN! JUST SHOW UP OR MAKE IT HERE IN THE WINTER OR SPRING!
Take a look at the 8/26 storm track of Ernesto (in previous post.) Then try to comprehend this statement:
“The only part of Florida located in the current cone of uncertainty is the Florida keys.”
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Did the Florida panhandle secede to Alabama while I was asleep last night?
