A Day Off: One thousand apologies for the downtime in reporting. The evening of Day 12 and most of Day 13 were spent in the company of friends, EndoKing and Tonya, in from near Santa Barbara to spend time with us and our local friends such as MojoToad and Ms. G-Lenney.
Back to NOLA.
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Water Level Going Down Quickly: The water is draining and at quite the pace. However, water service is a few months off yet.
Floodwater Temporarily Drained Into Lake Pontchartrain
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Why I Love My Mayor: Mayor Ray Nagin, on the phone with the Times Picayune from Dallas, “Analyze my ass, analyze everyone’s ass, man. Let’s put the facts on the table and talk turkey. Why was there a breakdown at the federal and state level only in Louisiana? This didn’t happen in Mississippi. That’s the question. That’s the question of the day.”
Nagin has moved his family, including a young daughter, to Dallas for the next six months. He will continue to work out of New Orleans as soon as his family’s life is set up.
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FEMA: Vice Admiral Thad Allen replaces Michael Brown as the hurricane-zone FEMA head. From the US Coast Guard site,
Vice Admiral Thad W. Allen assumed duties as Chief of Staff, U.S. Coast Guard and Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC in May 2002. Vice Admiral Allen is third in command of the Coast Guard. VADM Allen serves as the Coast Guard“s Transition Director for the transfer of the Coast Guard from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Homeland Security.
Those familiar with things nautical think that Allen is a good replacement. He will make progress on the ground, especially given that the Coasties were the first people who DID anything in New Orleans after the hurricane.
