Sunday, August 28, 2005

Ernie the Attorney: "I tried to leave New Orleans today at 12:30 pm but after 4 hours of driving I had only made it 15 miles. I was alone and tired so I decided the safe play was to return. It's kind of sad when the 'safe play' is to go back and wait to be pounded by the gnashing fury of a Category 5 hurricane." 

Kaye Trammel is blogging Katrina from Baton Rouge. 

Pet Peeve: The name of the city in Mississippi is pronounced Bi-lux-ey, not Bi-lox-ey. 

The NOAA is doing podcasts. 

A couple of basic Mac questions. 

I just noticed that I got tons of mail on my Mac. For some reason the mail client didn't download it all until a few minutes ago. Weird. Anyway, lots of mail to catch up on.  

Rogers Cadenhead is looking for people who are blogging Katrina from Louisiana or Mississippi. 

Interesting that there are still plenty of rooms in New Orleans on Expedia, and the prices are normal.  

Looking for good webcams in New Orleans. If you find one, send a pointer. Okay, here's one, at 721 Bourbon Street. Here's a snap of the cam. Another Bourbon St cam. 

NY Times: "The city is surrounded on three sides by water, and lies below sea level in a bowl-shaped basin. Pumps would fail if the storm surge of up to 25 feet overwhelmed the city's levees." 

Hurricane Katrina is now a category 5 storm.  

Live coverage of the hurricane from WWL-TV in New Orleans. 

Fantastic: Scoble goes to Google