Rain of Biblical Proportions

The Democratic National Convention was a raging success. I have photographs and stories to share - just give me a few days to put them together and online. My perspective is one from a member of the Denver Community as well as a Democrat.

In the meantime, I just talked to my mother who lives in the Florida panhandle; she says they aren't evacuating because Gustav is expected to be a tropical storm in the panhandle, but weather professionals are saying that it is going to be a Category 5 hurricane further down the coast and hit Mississippi, and sadly, New Orleans, which has called for a mandatory evacuation. It just breaks my heart.

It sounds like this storm is also going to affect the Republican Convention, wow. You can't help but wonder - let's see, the evangelicals to my south called for rain of biblical proportions for Obama's acceptance speech, and we had picture-perfect weather all week. Now that the Republicans are about to convene, a storm names Gustav threatens to steal their "thunder." Hmmm, ever heard that saying "God don't like ugly?" Comes to mind.

New Orleans Swamp Tour

There is much to discuss about Louisiana and New Orleans. This is coming. However, in light of the story yesterday about a Slidell boy getting his arm eaten off by a suburban alligator, I thought I would share my alligator footage of critters enjoying marshmallows on a swamp tour. I'm feeling a little bamboozled. Our tour guide stressed over and over that alligators don't really like to attack people. Either the Slidell 'gator (incidently that's where we stayed) was psychotic or our tour guide is blinded by his fondness for the things. You make the call.

Video of kind, cute 'gators:



Now, reality:

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