WDSU is up now at: http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx
Levee break in the 9th ward.
WWL was reporting that the levee was breached on the Industrial Canal on the Chalmette side near Tennessee Street. They were saying 3-8 feet of water will fill those neighborhoods.
The Superdome’s roof has suffered some damage, but nothing structural.
Then WWL went off the air.
Dodged the bullet? Again?
The storm took a turn to the east. This radar image looks bad, but supposedly its better for New Orleans if the storm hits east of the city.
Gulfport and Biloxi are screwed, but they aren’t 6 feet below sea level.
On the Weather Channel
Vapid News Anchor: Jim, what advice can you give those folks who may not have evacuated yet?
Jim Cantore: Well, they should get down on their knees and say, “Lord, I need you help me and save me and my family, because I did not do the right thing by leaving when I should have.”
Wow.
On another note, I was watching the “StreetcarCam” at nola.com. There were three cars parked on the neutral ground on Napoleon.
I’m sure that extra six inches of height will save your car.
New Orleans
There is a house in New Orleans, not the house you’ve heard about, I’m talking about another house.
A lot of houses, actually. A lot that won’t be there.
What we’ve joked about for years looks like its finally going to happen. We’ve all known that the Crescent City has been due for a long time. We’ve taken pride in it, we’ve laughed at the possibility. That’s the New Orleans attitude.
Now, here in Atlanta, I feel completely helpless. All of my people have gotten out (at least as far as Baton Rouge so far, even if it took them 8 hours). On one hand I wish I was there with them, on the other, I’m glad I’m here.
Good luck and be safe everyone.
Returned
We both made it back to ATL safe and sound and very tired.
Now I have 194205943574792 emails to answer.
Yay.
The fly in my office… the follow-up
Today I was sitting in my office – decorated in post-modern warehouse – with pretty blue walls, a rather comfortable wicker chair and a fabulous flat-screen monitor and who walks in but the Terminex guy. I’ve heard good things about the Terminex guy from those who have worked here longer than I. He hates bugs, doesn’t mind mice, despises rats. An exterminator who has a passion for his job – you don’t see many of those these days.
Our Terminex man was called because my boss thought he smelled dead mice in the ceiling and walls. I just thought the smell was normal as I haven’t been here that long and who’s to say what’s normal here? As Mr. Terminex examines our drop ceilings for ‘droppings’ he asked if I had seen any flies. What a question! I respond with a ‘Yes!’ and say in fact, I have noticed a few flies the last couple of weeks and the day they annoyed me most was Thursday, August 4th. He says, and this is where it gets gross, that the flies show up when the carcass of the mice are decomposing, hence the reason he does not see mice carcasses in the walls and ceilings.
So not only was I bothered by ridiculously large flies for about 2 weeks, I was actually sitting below the dead carcasses of mice.
Saints want to resume negotiations with Louisiana??
ESPN.com – NFL – Saints want to resume negotiations with Louisiana
New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson wants to resume negotiations with the state, possibly by the end of the summer, on a deal to keep the team in Louisiana.
What the heck? This is making me nuts. Can someone back home fill me in on how the fans are handling this? It seems like a rollercoaster.
In other news, I will cheer when Aaron Brooks takes the bench and Gamblin’ Adrien McPherson comes on the field tonight.
The fly in my office…
My office. A standard office in a warehouse building. It’s a large room, enough for a good-sized, L-shaped desk and all of the standard office accrutrements. This office, being the front room and the only room air-conditioned in the middle of August in Atlanta, gets plenty of visitors, including Atlanta’s most obnoxious fly. It’s huge, the fly, landing on the rolodex, the flat-screen monitor, my coffee cup. I’ve attacked it with my phone message book, tried to pin it between the window and the blinds. I’ve tried to coax it out the door – to freedom! – to no avail. At most, I’ve been able to shoo it into Dave’s office but it always comes back to annoy me.
I thought these things we’re supposed to have a life span of 24 hours.
It’s the fly from hell. It’s been here since Monday. And it likes to fly near my ears.
Engrish Star War
If you haven’t had any experience with the phenomenom known as engrish, may I introduce you to Star Wars Episode III translated from English to Chinese back to English.