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Editor B: Four Years Post-Katrina

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New York Times: In New Orleans, Recovery Is Not Enough


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H and I are contemplating it might be road trip time again, as Hurricane Gustav is forcasted to be heading to the central Gulf Coast.

I've never seen so much activity while a storm was this far out before. There were lines at gas stations in Chalmette 2 days ago and some buildings Uptown being boarded up yesterday. While I always keep an eye on storm threats, the early track projections heading straight towards us didn't worry me much, as one thing I don't recall any hurricane doing is continuing in a straight line for 6 days.

I'll be keeping an eye on the National Hurricane Center website, and the birds. The birds bugged out the Saturday before Katrina; if they go I'm not sticking around. Rumors have it that Da Mayor may issue an evacuation order way early and at lower hit possibility than Ivan etc.

Of course people here have their minds on the terrible scenes from this time 3 years ago







The horror... the horror...

Monday I had leftover MRE stuff for breakfast before doing a commemorative radio show.

Yesterday Ms. Hollie and I had lunch at Specialty Italian Restaurant (formerly Specialty Pizza), an early reopener that was the first place we ate when we got back to town at the start of October.

On PBS a nice hour long doccumentary "American Creole: Return to New Orleans" on local musician Papa Don Vappie, his family, and musical collegues in New Orleans post-K. Check it out if you get a chance.

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One year post-K, Brownie admits he and the administration had no damn idea what the hell they were doing.

"There was no plan."

He admits he was trying to cover the administration's ugly rears rather help our citizens in need.

He correctly notes the administration threw him out as a scapegoat. He incorrectly still claims he was qualified to head FEMA (!), showing continued self delusion.

No, Brownie. You have indeed been made a scapegoat, but that doesn't mean you're not still an incompetent twit and a general waste of organic molecules.

It's just that your bosses aren't any better.