Howard, have you seen the movie "Forgotten Silver?" it's not quite the same thing, but it is a mockumentary, and a very convincing one at first. it's done by Peter Jackson (yes, that Peter Jackson) and Costa Botes. i watched it right after Heavenly Creatures came out and it made me fall in love with Peter Jackson's sense of humor ;)
Teresa, would tin foil and a real oven work? i also don't have a microwave, and while i personally can't take hot things (chipotle tends to be too hot for me), i have plenty of friends who love heat. however, because i'm so sizzle-sensitive i'm leery of trying to heat something like this up on the stove.
...you've found it. you've revealed it for all to see. that's the answer to the question of why.
New Orleans is the Crescent City.
they think it's a hotspot of Islamic terrorist activism!! the poor reaction to NOLA's problems and the quick reaction to Mississippi's is now answered!!
oh Carl, i'm totally with you on that - his honesty is commendable and i'm very appreciative of his position and what he's done with it. it's just that Teresa's commentary on how individuals - particularly able-bodied vs. disabled individuals - could deal with disasters makes me think about all the resources that were there, but being used for other things.
Lizzy, you're right about fear narrowing the focus. i'm definitely giving Williams kudos for his even-handed portrayal of what he went through. i'm just wondering if it's a horrid truth of journalism that you must do your job regardless of the little help you could give to relieve human suffering... i wouldn't be able to do it.
i wonder a lot about the vastly differing stories about how people got around. i read this interview with Brian Williams over and over again and i keep thinking "how is it that you got out of the Superdome and went back to your hotel room, and you took no one with you?"
it's an odd thing to watch. those conservatives who claim they're not playing the blame game seem to be slyly pointing fingers directly at Nagin. those conservatives i know who are honest about not wanting to blame anyone right now still think Michael Brown is a bumbling moron who needs pharmaceutical assistance to get back in touch with reality.
one way or the other, we need to know things like, oh, who actually made the decision to prevent the Red Cross from going into New Orleans. whoever made that decision should not be allowed to work in disaster relief ever, ever again.
WIlburt - ouch.
janet - wholly agree. I tend to hate the way adults talk to children.
in general - if i were a kid being asked if "this" was kind of fun in that context, i would have had a hard time thinking he meant the shelter. when i was between the ages of 8-12, i tended to think strange adults meant something entirely different than what they actually said when they spoke to me, because i didn't want to believe they were stupid, or duplicitous.
one way or another, that was a messed-up thing to say.
i've been trying very hard to remind people that given a city whose emergency services were either financially stripmined in order to fund Iraq or else were actually in Iraq, the mayor and the governor did the best they possibly could. limited resources and an extremely poor constituency ends up being a recipe for horror where natural disasters are concerned. The politicians provided shelters that allowed people to bring a larger chunk of belongings (imagine trying to get more than a single case of bottled water on a bus filled with other scared folks!), and some of these shelters were graded to withstand 200 mph winds.
given 48 hours to evacuate the shorelands of Brooklyn, i don't think we could do even half so well... even WITH an evac plan in place.
Charles: thanks for making that comment! I think a lot of people are unaware that many cities in red states voted overwhelmingly for Kerry (Atlanta being another example).
Nicole - I shall. I'm wishing and willing the best of luck to your family; I'll definitely be thinking of them through this week.
Lisa, my understanding from a mutual friend is that Poppy's on her way out. She'll update her blog on LJ when she's landed.
Dave, there's a question as to whether or not even the Superdome will hold... at that point the rest of it is academic, I think. :(
i've heard/read a rumor that NOLA will shut the roads from all traffic at 6 pm, and i read in this article from the Guardian that people who could not evacuate (a really large no. of people there lack transportation) are being encouraged to go to the Superdome or other shelters to wait it out. a quote:
"The Superdome, the 70,000-seat home of football's Saints and the New Year's Sugar Bowl, opened at daybreak Sunday, giving first priority to frail, elderly people on walkers, some with oxygen tanks. They were told to bring enough food, water and medicine to last up to five days."
the NOAA has a weather tracker here that puts everything they have for Katrina in one location.
the news keeps getting worse, like with this most recent warning that states "HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES."
p.s. - i think it was Jeff Morrow echoing Mooney's words.
what a frightening thing. I've been keeping tabs on Katrina since I discovered that some of my co-workers would be in Miami; now I'm holding on and hoping that my friends in NOLA are already out.
In the meanwhile, I'm watching the causeway cam, hoping to see a car I recognize, and I see that some people are still driving into NOLA. People are fascinating.
there's also the oil price hike this will cause, as the Gulf oil rigs shut down. I liked the BBC's reporting of it here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4192528.stm
All of these pictures evoke the concept of Invasion of the Body Snatchers pushed from bad to worse. What's most horrible to me is seeing the child on this site blistered and scabbed around the eye while still smiling...
Teresa: straw yellow sounds rather gorgeous! Since my family does tomato plants further upstate in the Finger Lakes area and I'll be visiting them soon, I think it might be worth a try. I'll experiment with cherry tomatoes to try to avoid the sediment issue, but since I do herbal extracts I have the props for filtering, should I need to do so. Thanks :)
Larry: in my opinion, it should be fresh tomatoes, not sundried. If you're using basil, the best mixer would then likely be tonic water or unflavored seltzer so you can taste the tomato in the concotion. However, in my world I would have added handfuls of cilantro to the mix instead of basil, and thus lime juice would be my mixer of choice. Salsa cocktails, indeed! :)
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