New Orleans This is the way pre-industrial societies and social networks operate. Somehow I opened in the darkness with the generator roaring, doors flung wide open, and by the light of a flashlight at 630 AM telling folks at Fair Grinds Coffeehouse that I had lots of choices. I had “hot coffee” and I had “hot …
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Hard Rain, Lights Out, and the Hurricane Watch
New Orleans Seven years ago to the day, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, and we’re still living in the wake of that storm. To say that Isaac wasn’t as bad is almost saying nothing, other than how lucky we were to be spared. 70% of the Greater New Orleans area has been without power, some 700,000 …
Hurricane Hoopla!
New Orleans What’s the right thing to do when a hurricane enters the Gulf of Mexico? The truth seems to be that no one really knows. On Sunday afternoon the storm looked to be a category 2 (of 5) headed between the Florida panhandle around Panama City and Pascagoula, Mississippi, a couple of hundred miles …