Life is pretty much back to normal in New Orleans, now that the threat of Hurricane Dennis has passed. We had some gusty winds yesterday…
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Life is pretty much back to normal in New Orleans, now that the threat of Hurricane Dennis has passed. We had some gusty winds yesterday…
I’d hoped to spend the day floating down the Bogue Chitto in an innertube. But for some damn reason, the place we planned to patronize…
It’s not raining, but it feels like it. I felt like I was swimming on my way to work this morning. It feels like breathing…
We had our first really summery day yesterday — it hit 92º, and that’s a record. But the humidity was not so high, and we…
The reason I hate winter is days like these. It’s cold. I’m cold. I gather that it dipped down to freezing for an hour or…
A massive cold front is sweeping across the nation, bringing storms with it. This morning, it hit New Orleans. I’m glad I’m not riding my…
It’s so foggy this building is just floating away.
Today we’ve got the first really cold weather of the season. This morning as I rode to work it was in the 40s. I wore…
In the morning, it’s usually cooler inside our house than it is outdoors. That’s a good thing during the summer. But today, the outside temperature…
Cold weather has finally arrived in New Orleans. We have gone from highs in the mid-80s to highs in the upper 60s. I guess this…
The rain has not been constant. But almost. Turns out it’s Tropical Storm Matthew. I’d said it rains a lot here in New Orleans. This…
It’s raining in New Orleans. Nothing unusual about that; we get half again as much rain annually as famously rainy Seattle. But it’s been dry…
The autumnal equinox approaches. It is only a couple hours away. I’ve sometimes had arguments with people who think the seasons always begin on the…
There was some confusion as to whether Xavier was open today or not, so around 8 a.m. I called campus info and learned that campus…
“Hurricane editions” of the Times-Picayune for Wednesday and Thursday have appeared on my porch. THRONGS FLEE IVAN, declares one. IVAN ROARS INLAND, says the other.…
I went for a jog around the bayou this morning. It’s a very pleasant day. Kind of breezy, which is nice. There’s a little debris…
I took a bike ride. The I-10 was just about empty. At Xavier they were putting some newspaper dispensers on the back of a truck.…
We’re now outside the projected cone of possibility. That’s nice, but it hardly means we’re safe. Hundreds of thousands of wiser people have left, but…
The National Hurricane Center’s projections continue to predict Ivan will take a turn to the north. (Per M. Whybark’s request, I’ve marked the location of…
We’re under a hurricane storm warning now. Xy and I took a walk around the neighborhood, watched people boarding up their windows, stopped in for…