All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.

Mal ,'Trash'


Natter .38 Special  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


P.M. Marc - Sep 01, 2005 7:36:12 am PDT #3550 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Not to mention, NOLA is a major port. In practical terms, it will be necessary either to rebuild NOLA (at minimum, to get its port facilities back to where they were, plus necessary supporting infrastructure), or to find a new port/increase the capacity of existing ports to take up the slack. Unless we want the U.S. to become more self-sufficient/less dependent on imports, which would have its upside but doesn't appear likely in today's zeitgeist.

Yeah. That's the point I was going to mention. Really, most of the areas where you hear talk about the risks of living there, why should we pay, blah blah blah are major port cities.

Dude. You'll pay one way or another.

Just another part of my increasing frustrageon at how short-sighted people can be. (Not, you know, that we've been having any issues related to repairing/replacing vulnerable structures that are key to the economic security of this whole neck of the woods or anything like that. Oh no.)


Vortex - Sep 01, 2005 7:36:26 am PDT #3551 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

is Gmail down for everyone, or does it have a particular hate-on for me?


sj - Sep 01, 2005 7:37:06 am PDT #3552 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

My gmail is working fine.


dw - Sep 01, 2005 7:37:35 am PDT #3553 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval

More from my friends in Jackson: They're still having trouble getting gas. Problem isn't supply, it's that most of the stations still don't have power.

One friend needs to drive from Jackson to Hattiesburg to deliver food and water to his older relatives who are running low. He has enough gas to get to Hattiesburg, but not enough to get back.


brenda m - Sep 01, 2005 7:37:49 am PDT #3554 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

It was hating me earlier today.

frustrageon

Ooh, good word.


tommyrot - Sep 01, 2005 7:37:56 am PDT #3555 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

My gmail smells like cat food.


P.M. Marc - Sep 01, 2005 7:40:01 am PDT #3556 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Brenda, I love the word frustrageon. It just sums up so much.


juliana - Sep 01, 2005 7:40:02 am PDT #3557 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

BTW - I'm sorry for my flippancy about NOLA and hell earlier on. It was kind of tasteless. I just tend to default to gallows humor. Not an excuse, but I am sorry.


dw - Sep 01, 2005 7:45:45 am PDT #3558 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval

(Not, you know, that we've been having any issues related to repairing/replacing vulnerable structures that are key to the economic security of this whole neck of the woods or anything like that. Oh no.)

Butbutbutbut... TAXES! EEVL LIBERALS WHO STOLE SAINT DINO'S ELECTION! IN EYMAN WE TRUST!!!!!

I would like an initiative on the ballot here that says if the Big One happens Tim Eyman and John Carlson are required to apologize personally to the next of kin of those killed in the Alaskan Way Viaduct collapse and the 520 breakup. And the survivors too. And by apologize I mean they have to go to every person's residence, meet each person individually, and say how sorry they are that their greed and selfishness killed and maimed and put in harm's way.


beth b - Sep 01, 2005 7:46:01 am PDT #3559 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

The Superdome story makes me ill. and I really can't think of anyway it could have been prevented.