Tag Archives: New-Orleans

Elementary School Fire In Bowie; Gustav Not As Bad As Feared

From what I’ve been reading and watching on the web it sounds like Gustav, while undeniably wrecking [sic] havoc across south Louisiana, did not hammer New Orleans and Plaquemines Parish as badly as originally feared. It sounds like Terrebonne Parish … Continue reading

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Are My Parents Trying To Stress Me To Death?

Here what Hurricane Gustav’s looking like this morning (I think that’s cloud-to water vapor): He’s a 3 strengthening towards a 4 on the Saffir=Simpson scale, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, and he’s moving northwest at about 12 mph. … Continue reading

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Three Years After The Great Deluge

Today is the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall on the Gulf Coast. Wikipedia reminds us that the flood protection system in New Orleans failed in more than fifty places, at least 1,836 people lost their lives during the storm … Continue reading

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Tropical Storm Gustav

I talked to my mom today to find out what my parents are planning in the event that they have to evacuate for Tropical Storm Gustav. When they left for Katrina I didn’t now where they went, and it took … Continue reading

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The Kids Have Been Deported to Louisiana

Saturday morning I flew down to New Orleans to drop off Ellery and Henry for a week with their grandparents (my parents) in Belle Chasse. How did it go? It went so well that people complimented their behavior when we … Continue reading

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Who’s Up For A Road Trip on September 18?

I’ll be in Baton Rouge September 15-18 to give a seminar at LSU and go to the LSU-Middle Tennessee State game. I’m flying in and out of New Orleans because it saves you taxpayers a lot of money — see … Continue reading

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