Chalmette, New Roof, and Wet Sponge

A NPR story reported that no businesses were open in St. Bernard Parish. Do they check on these things, are they using old information, not realizing that things have been changing at a good clip weekly? Hm, it's been almost 3 weeks since I was last in St. Bernard, but businesses I noticed open included the big Murphy Oil Refinery, and a cluster of businesses around Paris Road and St. Bernard Highway, including a grocery store and a bar. Further away from the river, they were in the process of cleaning up a service station on Judge Perez. I'm sure more stuff is open now. Saint Bernard Parish was devestated, worse than New Orleans, but it's just wrong to say no businesses have reopened.

My milestone: I think I finally have a roof that keeps out the rain.

For Ms. Hollie: The lyrics "Who lives in a flooded out amusement park in New Orleans East" just don't scan well. Wet Sponge Bob