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, [...]
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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Miss Effie writes to us from Buzzard’s Corner, near Edward, NC. We received this yesterday:
Life here in Buzzard’s Corner is no plate of sweet ‘tater pie. I’m sweating bullets, trying to get these photographs out there for all you good folks to look upon…but I keep getting interrupted. Like yesterday, I’m trying to put the [...]
come one, come all… you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting some fun.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their predjudices. –William James
Forecaster Franklin uttered those dreaded words — "the Carolina’s" – when discussing Irene’s projected path this morning. That means she gets her own page in the 2005 Hurricane Season section. Looks like Tuesday or Wednesday could be a bit unsettling. But, so far, she’s a tropical storm and we can probably handle it without too [...]
Added "Local Issues" category to the Blog.
So, the folks who tried to help with the over-flow at the County Shelter are now targets of "an investigation"? Bullshit. WDN should have called it something a little less punative, more like — J&J needs to get license and inspection if they want to house/care for [...]