First good news in far too long

[infrogmation]

TV reporter standing in Canal Street, no longer in water.

Confirmation water is finally going down.

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[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Somehow I suspected the first signs of normalcy would be a shrimp restaurant in the French Quarter staying open (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050831/lf_afp/usweatherfood_050831004814). I'm expecting reports of live music performances resuming any night now.

First good news in far too long

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

I don't know that eating and drinking ever came to a stop as long as somewhere still had a stock of food and drink.

If anything I'm a bit surprised that none of the television scenes of refugees atop the I-10 ramps I've seen has included a brass band.

Re: First good news in far too long

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

The band played while the Titanic sank, didn't it? There had to be one guy with a trombone or something.

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[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Yes; one of the ship's bands kept playing to the end.

Nothing else to do; help minimize panic.

Some reported the last tune played was the hymn "Nearer My God To Thee", though it might have been "Autumn Leaves", a tune from the time in the band's sheet music with the same chords which might have been mistaken for it.

I'm glad I played trombone publically three times within the day and a half before leaving town. Sound tracks are usefull.