Oh dear. My former student is in Long Beach and the last I saw, they were staying through the storm, and she posted a picture on Facebook of the water half way up the living room walls.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 30, 2012 10:57:29 am PDT #27841 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
le nubian - Oct 30, 2012 11:00:34 am PDT #27842 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
In other news,
Disney just bought LucasFilm. Episode 7 will come out in 2015.
Kristen - Oct 30, 2012 11:07:50 am PDT #27843 of 30001
My former student is in Long Beach and the last I saw, they were staying through the storm, and she posted a picture on Facebook of the water half way up the living room walls.
My mother chose to stay and now I have no way of reaching her or anyone else in town.
Tom Scola - Oct 30, 2012 11:10:34 am PDT #27844 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
How can there be an Episode 7 if there were only three Star Wars films?
Jessica - Oct 30, 2012 11:13:52 am PDT #27845 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Disney just bought LucasFilm. Episode 7 will come out in 2015.
I seriously thought this had to be a hoax, but it's on Forbes.com!
msbelle - Oct 30, 2012 11:13:53 am PDT #27846 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Shocking exactly no one, I continue to heart Tom Scola.
Kristen, she is in Long Beach?
Jesse - Oct 30, 2012 11:14:03 am PDT #27847 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Holy crap, Kristen. I bet she's OK, but that's got to be nerve-wracking.
msbelle - Oct 30, 2012 11:23:54 am PDT #27848 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Halloween parade cancelled. First time in its 39 year history.
msbelle - Oct 30, 2012 11:25:34 am PDT #27849 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Kristen, news is reporting that they are trying to get up a temp cell phone tower for Long Beach, but it not up yet. LICC is where they are having people go for a shelter. Red Cross is set up there.
Jesse - Oct 30, 2012 11:25:44 am PDT #27850 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, now that's serious! (msbelle, is it good for you to spend all day on this?)
Also, one more from Cory: [link]