Looking southward, all I see right now is the vivid orange neon of an Arby’s sign, bright and crisp against a blue-black Colorado sky. Well, that and a group of Mexican teens sitting in the bed of a Ford pickup, passing a joint and shotgunning cans of Bud Light. But I suspect they‘ll be evacuating the lot, too—just as soon as they’ve finished their large Curly Fries.*
Developing…
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More here.
Gotta say, though, down here in the southern reaches of Mississippi, it’s getting a wee bit spooky. There’s a major league Camille vibe coming off this one, and in these parts that is a name to conjure with.
Yeah. I haven’t watched the news all weekend, so when I started seeing all the posts about this tonight, I was quite surprised at just how serious the storm is.
Which is why I felt the need to join in.
I’m still hoping against hope that it loses some steam before it comes ashore – my heart goes out to New Orleans given what they’re facing there: “the second coming of Atlantis,” in the words of one commentator, referring to the prospect of the catastrophic flooding that could occur if the levees are breached.
CHICKENWEATHERDUDE!!!
Make sure you wear your saftey goggles. Wouldn’t want to lose an eye while bravely reporting for us.
We’ve got school and business closings as far north as Columbus, Mississippi due to Katrina – that’s roughly 200 miles from the coast.
No guarantees on the electric power situation either.
Would it be awful of me to hope that at when this is all over Natalee washes ashore south of Route 12? Wouldn’t that be like a harmonic news convergence?
(Not that I want Natalee to be dead. And not that I want water to get that high, but, MAN!)
I totally agree with the comments about the sillyness and lack of responsibility shown by news reporters who stand in hurricane force winds pointing out how a flying piece of debris just broke the window out of their news van – and “Oops, look at that, a piece of rooftop just sheared off my head – what a tragedy”. When a mandatory evacuation order is issued – that should include the stupid press as well. People watch this kind of coverage and think it is all fun and games …”why should we leave? If we stand out in it we can probably get on TV too, with or without our heads”.