The photographs I’m seeing now are absolutely horrible. I saw a lot of hurricane photos in my year working for FEMA, but nothing prepared me for this.
Please consider “making a donation to the Red Cross”:http://www.redcross.org/.
Especially in light of how “disconnected our current Administration”:http://www.pandagon.net/archives/2005/08/busting_out_the.html seems to be.

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I was going to complain last week about my favorite bar being gutted by fire, but in retrospect…
Here’s the recent _NOAA_ forcast for the hurricane approaching New Orleans:
“URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE”:http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone?Sites=:laz069#t4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
619 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING ACROSS LOWER PLAQUEMINES PARISH
DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED
THE MAJORITY [...]

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# Walk the Walk, _Poe_
# Amateur, _Aimee Mann_
# The Space Between, _Zero Seven_
# Who Knows, _Avril Lavigne_
# Purple Rain, _Prince and the Revolution_
# What I’m Feelin’ Now, _Nightmares on Wax_
# Running up the Stairs, Leo Kottke
# Getaway Car, _Audioslave_
# Neptune (The Planet), _The Bad Plus_
# Build a Church With Your Fear, Animals on Wheels

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The fourth episode of our occasional podcast is now available:
“Download”:http://www.thudfactor.com/ANSL/ANSL-04.mp3
“Listen via Flash”:http://www.anvilandsprocket.com/blog/index.php?id=5
Or “use this link”:http://www.anvilandsprocket.com/blog/podcast.php to subscribe to the podcast.

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I watched “Slumber Party Massacre II”:http://www.anvilandsprocket.com/review.php?rec=176 but didn’t enjoy it any.

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