Also, what exactly does it mean that certain sections of the city are under martial law?

Looters will be shot.

Pet peeve: I saw a website saying a parish was under "marshal law." Grr.

I saw a website saying a parish was under "marshal law."

Heh. Walker, NOLA Ranger.

t edit Though that would, actually, be *marshall* law.

t edit again Well, I don't know if Walker, Texas Ranger, is actually a Marshall -- I was just riffing.

Wolfram, maybe you're right, but my impression was that he wasn't there every day. Especially since she was confused by his blood sugar levels -- for one, they should be checking that four times a day, or at least once, for someone on insulin, because severe hypoglycemia can lead to lots of complications -- I thought she would have been checking more carefully, and more quickly. But, as bon said, maybe they simply didn't make the timeline clear. My impression, though, was that when he asked the drug-getting prisoner for the insulin blocker, he said he needed it in a couple of days. And it took at least a couple of days for him to get it. In the meantime, why hadn't she checked his sugar again? I know I'm being picky, but if they're going to wank this particular issue, for me at least, they need to be a little more careful with the way they present it.

Theodosia, was that the one called "Born Without a Face" on Discovery Health?

Yes, they were rerunning it on the regular Discovery Channel. My nephews have a cousin who was born with similar, if less severe, birth defects, and his parents have responded to it not unlike the most excellent parents in the documentary.

If the levees were going to break, at least it was after the main part of Katrina had passed -- which meant that rescue efforts were able to get going, that people didn't have to flee their houses into hurricane weather and get hit by flying debris. It sucks, but the important thing is that as many lives weren't lost.

The governor's giving a news conference now. She looks pretty terrible.

Dana, are you watching it online?

I know I'm being picky, but if they're going to wank this particular issue, for me at least, they need to be a little more careful with the way they present it.

I agree. And if he knew that he needed the insulin blocker, why didn't he arrange for it sooner. Or did he think getting regular insulin shots for a month wasn't dangerous? Again, I wish he was a better actor and we could tell when he planned something and when he's winging it. So far, he's no Jack Bauer.

Dana, are you watching it online?

Yeah, there's a streaming feed from wwltv.com, although they've lost the press conference footage. They're supposed to go back to it in a bit.

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A preliminary map of the damage.