Hurricane Katrina: The Catastrophe Begins
I think some folks still don’t have an adequate grasp of the absolutely horrendous human and environmental toll that is starting to unfold, right now, as I type this in the early predawn hours of Monday morning.
Read more →New Orleans is in Trouble
We’ve got a situation developing that has the potential to dwarf 9/11, or anything else in the memory of living persons, in terms of impact on an American city. Several hours ago I shared the following with a private discussion group regarding my own personal suppositions about what would happen with Hurricane Katrina, based on [...]
Read more →Industrialized Storm Chasing, Part 3: A Modest Proposal
While in principle I strongly admire and support some tour operators’ quest to rid the storm-observing scene of devious, bloodsucking scumballs, and some media members’ efforts to police their ranks and mitigate the tabloid lunacy, I read their efforts in the context of the big picture, asking, “Has it REALLY come to this?” And with [...]
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