Endless Chain Pig Club – Washington NC

Archives: August2005

• Leaving home

  There was an interesting comment in one of the Gulf area newspapers yesterday. It was a discussionboard and someone was raving about why people stayed and why didn’t they leave. Most responses were limited to the obvious reasons — the people who stayed in NO were, for the most part tourists who couldn’t leave, [...]

• Hurricane season lasts UNTIL NOVEMBER 30

  Just want to inform the reporters, including James Carville, that hurricane season is not over in "6 to 8 weeks" — It ends in 12 weeks. Geez…
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• Katrina- Restoring Utilities

  How many utility crews & trucks will Washington Utilities,Tideland, Progress Energy, etc send to help Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama restore power? I’m hoping some of our folks will go down there…
  During the floods of the 1990s here in eastern NC, news crews caused problems. Why? They needed food and water, lodging, gas and [...]

• Oh Katrina

  Emails abound as folks ask why I’m not blogging Katrina. Since it’s not headed here to Eastern NC, I didn’t think it necessary. But, apparently, I have a tradition to uphold, since I blogged a hurricane, back during Isabel. [see Poynter Online quote below] SEPT 3 UPDATE: Little did I know, when I posted the [...]

• Base Closings BRAC

  1:45 pm UPDATE: *****Committee votes AFFIRMATIVE to re-align OCEANA ****
  C-Span 2 will show the BRAC hearings at 1:00 p.m. today.
  Motion Number: 193-4A
  Overview: A Motion to Make Additional Recommendation 3, Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia, to appear at Chapter XI, Section 193 of the Bill. Realigns Naval Air Station Oceana, [...]