Thursday, November 22, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Reveals That Evacuating Is No Holiday ~Sandy Rosenthal

Federal Prosecutors Let It All Hang Out On The Internet ~John McQuaid 
~Update: There’s also this, also in New Orleans: evidence people working for the Corps of Engineers took to nola.com to anonymously attack those criticizing the Corps and urging accountability for the 2005 levee failures during Katrina. Looks like a trend to me!
Saints Nation Guru: Fan Predictions for 49ers Game!

I Hate The San Francisco 49ers And Everything They Stand For ~Jack Sharkey
Resident questions why S&WB employee was swapping out iconic meter covers

Texas Brine sinkhole plan would plug well

Sandy's impact on east coast fisheries still playing out

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Undead ~moosedenied
Bourdain Blasts Blackened Blog ~NOLA DEFENDER
Queries on the cosmology of New Orleans politics ~American Zombie
Concert to boost Sandy recovery tonight

Storm Victims, in Cleanup, Face Rise in Injuries and Illness ~NYT~It is impossible to say how many people have been sickened by what Hurricane Sandy left behind: mold from damp drywall; spills from oil tanks; sewage from floodwater and unflushable toilets; tons upon tons of debris and dust. But interviews with hurricane victims, recovery workers, health officials and medical experts over the last week reveal that some of the illnesses that they feared would occur, based on the toxic substances unleashed by the storm and the experience of other disasters, notably Hurricane Katrina, have begun to manifest themselves.

Outrage over dolphin deaths spurs $5,000 reward

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2012/11/19/4314249/outrage-over-dolphin-deaths-spurs.html#storylink=cpy

BP spawned new company supplying oil, aka: Black Elk Energy

People of Lafitte give Corps officials an earful

Corps of Engineers Considers Options for Much-NeededMaintenance, Rehabilitation of Hydropower Plants

2012 New Orleans Bar Guide ~Gambit


Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Sheriff Gusman seeks 60% increase; Criminal Court faces major cut ~Tom Gogola, The Lens

Tolls will remain on the CCC

Agreeing that he wants an alternative to the oft-derided price-per-prisoner amount he collects from the city, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman submitted a fixed-cost budget to the City Council today.
Gusman is asking for $37 million for 2013.
That’s not going to happen, city officials said.
State orders Texas Brine to take safety steps

Missouri Gov Nixon tells Corps its Missouri River plans could be disastrous

A Rant: Treme Sucks ~Blackened Out

3rd Annual Outlaw Homebrew Contest ~The Beer Buddha

New Orleans Fringe Festival takes to stages across the city this week ~WWOZ


Friday, November 9, 2012

By the Numbers: The 2012 Saints Through Eight Games ~SaintsWin

Eating Crackers Like Thanksgiving ~moosedenied ~Just when you think you've got this thing all figured out. Just when you think you've figured out exactly what this 2012 Saints team is, and how the rest of this script is gonna play out. SHOCKING PLOT TWIST! Like sands through the hourglass…
Seven sacks. A 99-yard pick-six. A season-low 226 passing yards allowed. An opponent goes 0-5 in the red zone and is actually outscored 7-6 on those 5 red zone trips. A season-best PTOMAC™ of 13. An actual Chris Ivory sighting! 140 offensive rushing yards at a clip of 5.6 per, including runs of 23, 22 and 19. Three cheers for the incompetence of the opponent! High five!
I suppose we probably should have seen this coming. After all, this thing has been a goddamn daytime soap opera ever since February 7, 2010. If not long before that. One incomprehensible plot twist after another, each more ridiculously convoluted and downright bizarre than the last. Why wouldn't the Good Saints show up out of the blue, a week after having been left for dead in Denver, just in time to thwart Stefano DiMera's latest evil scheme?


Disaster grant to aid New Orleans water system

Billions on Flood Barriers Now Might Save New York City Next Time

Addressing Urban Order ~Richard Capanella

Heart of Louisiana: 'Miracle' at Grand Coteau

Is that a steak in your pants or are you just glad to see me?

Roux the Day at Gumbo Fest ~Ian McNulty

Weekly Milk Run ~My Spilt Milk~Susan Cowsill, 10 p.m., Carrollton Station: our herolero will record a live album this night at the bar that has been her home venue in town.

Sudan S&PC Secondline 11/11 ~Urban Nola

Louisiana Bicentennial Military Parade in French Quarter Saturday

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Saints owner considering making Sean Payton highest-paid coach in NFL ~Mike Freeman
Saints Win!!!

Gleason 'resting, alert' after being taken to hospital

Louisiana sends 'Spirit of Louisiana' to NY
~Kinda strange in these parts to see a fire engine with NYFD on the front and sides. Then you look closer, and it has the seals of the New Orleans Fire Department. It also has Louisiana license plates. What Gives?

Finally Thinkin’ Small: But can we build on what we’ve learned? ~Placemakers
~As soon as the destructive path of Hurricane Sandy became evident, I got emails and calls from colleagues who, like me, worked in disaster recovery situations on the Gulf Coast. When the clean-up gets underway, could this be an opportunity for the Eastern Seaboard states to apply some of the rebuilding lessons of the Gulf after Katrina? Is there a role for Katrina Cottages?

Shrimp Leave Marshes en Masse Overflowing Boats ~LASPECKS.COM

Friday, November 2, 2012

Should Flood Survivors of Hurricane Sandy Relocate? ~Sandy Rosenthal
Magic 8-Ball Week 9 – Saints Eagles Preview ~Whodat Warriors

2nd Annual Gleason Gras this Sunday!

New What for New Who? ~G Bitch Spot

Size of NOPD forces has plummeted in recent years ~WWL

Doctors talk sugar cane smoke, health effects

Sandy’s Forgotten ~Alex Koppleman

NYU Hospital’s Backup System Undone by Key Part in Flooded Basement ~Pro Publica

Sandy catches many northeasterners without flood coverage

NYC Flooded Tunnels to Take Many Days to Drain

Exquisite Corps: To Build a Levee, New York Must Take the Lead~A look at the science of storm surge protection suggests that Bloomberg, despite his own engineering background, is perhaps not all that well versed in the work that has been done in the field. Robert G. Bea is an engineer with a deep background in storm water protections and a professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley (as well as an Army Corps of Engineers vet). Asked if, indeed, it’s technological possible to protect New York City through some sort of levee system, Bea responds without hesitation.
“The answer is, for sure, yes.” Bea points to the Dutch Delta Works system of dams, dikes and levees that has been much in the news of late. “They sit on the same damn ocean that you do,” he says. (I’m in Brooklyn.) “That Atlantic is a real damn kick-in-the-bum piece of water.”

Author of new Ernie K-Doe biography hosts book signing

Top 3 upcoming blues shows in N.O.



Thursday, November 1, 2012

When Corrections Fail -or- Considering The Compassionate Option ~moosedenied
~"Do Your Job" ~ Giant Sean Payton Face. Let's get one thing out of the way right off the bat. If you're of the opinion that what we've been seeing from the 2012 Saints defense in any way even vaguely resembles acceptable, excusable or understandable, then we have nothing to discuss and you might as well go ahead and stop reading now. It is not acceptable. There is no excuse. And it's time we quit asking ourselves and one another whether it's more on the players or more on the coaches and scheme. Because the answer is clear, it's a metric fuckton of both. They've all but admitted as much.

Angry Who Dat's Bender in Denver: The View from Section 516
32nd Annual Day Of The Dead Celebration

Celebrations mark All Saints ~Advocate

All Saints Day Parade in Treme ~Big Red Cotton

Mirliton Festival Gets New Bywater Digs ~NOLA DEFENDER

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Monday, October 29, 2012

Havoc as Sandy Comes Ashore

Sandy on Hurricane Sandy
Sandy strengthens as nears coast; Wall Street closes

 Superstorm Sandy intensifying, bringing record storm surge ~Weather Underground
~The final countdown to Hurricane Sandy's arrival has begun, and this extraordinary and historic storm is already causing havoc all along the U.S. coast from North Carolina to Massachusetts. The scale of this massive storm truly earns Sandy the title of "superstorm".

Frankenstorm Sandy in various remote imagery from NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service

Watch Hurricane Sandy Hit NYC, Via These Livestreams ~Gothamist

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Why Hurricane Sandy Has Meteorologists Scared in 4 Images

Live Blog: Hurricane Sandy Coverage

FEDERAL OFFICES in the Washington, DC, area are CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
The 3 Brides of Frankenstorm
~Massive and dangerous Hurricane Sandy has grown to record size as it barrels northeastwards along the North Carolina coast at 10 mph. At 8 am EDT, Sandy's tropical storm-force winds extended northeastwards 520 miles from the center, and twelve-foot high seas covered a diameter of ocean 1,030 miles across. Since records of storm size began in 1988, no tropical storm or hurricane has been larger (though Hurricane Olga of 2001 had a larger 690 mile radius of tropical storm-force winds when it was a subtropical storm near Bermuda.) 
Sandy has put an colossal volume of ocean water in motion with its widespread and powerful winds, and the hurricane's massive storm surge is already impacting the coast. A 2' storm surge has been recorded at numerous locations this morning from Virginia to Connecticut, including a 3' surge at Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and Sewells Point at 9 am EDT. Huge, 10 - 15 foot-high battering waves on top of the storm surge have washed over Highway 12 connecting North Carolina's Outer Banks to the mainland at South Nags Head this morning. The highway is now impassable, and has been closed. The coast guard station on Cape Hatteras, NC, recorded sustained winds of 50 mph, gusting to 61 mph, at 5:53 am EDT this morning. In Delaware, the coastal highway Route 1 between Dewey Beach and Bethany Beach has been closed due to high water. Even though Sandy is a minimal Category 1 hurricane, its storm surge is extremely dangerous, and if you are in a low-lying area that is asked to evacuate, I strongly recommend that you leave. ~Dr. Jeff Masters, Weather Underground

~Kinda puts things in perspective....

Sandy is one Big Ass Storm!
~Editilla Mo'tellas~ I recommend that you use the legend on this interactive map to slow or stop the animation add layers for Radar, Weather Advisories etc. However this may slow down the reload of the images.

NYC Mayor Bloomberg orders mandatory evacuation of Zone-A

NYC to Suspend Transit Service

Helping after Hurricane Sandy: Local volunteers deployed

DisasterMap.net

Monday, October 22, 2012

Vitt to take over head coaching duties

Union may challenge Tagliabue as bounties arbiter~The players association has concerns about "ethical and legal issues," a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the union has not made any public statements. Tagliabue works for the law firm that is defending the league in U.S. District Court in New Orleans in the bounties case. The NFLPA believes that's a conflict of interest. The union also might contend that such "pay-for programs" existed when Tagliabue was commissioner, with his knowledge.
~Special Thanks to @KyleTurley fo'da Saints Crucifixion
 

The Lens talks with candidates from School Board districts 4 &  7

Local Cuban Americans speak out on eased travel restrictions from Cuba

Officials: Sinkhole math doesn’t work

Mystery in Gulf of Mexico: Why is oil leaking from Deepwater disaster site?

Revitalizing New Orleans By Crowdsourcing Renewal ~CoEXIST

It’s a love/hate thing…now featuring GoatWhore! ~Disenfranchised Citizen

Flames on the Bayou Music Festival