Archive for September, 2005
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
Misleading MSM
CNN.com – Hurricane Rita drops to Category 4 – Sep 22, 2005: Texas Department of Transportation spokesman Mark Cross told CNN that this is the first time that a mandatory evacuation has been issued for Houston — a city of 3 million people. He said that traffic was being reversed on key roads leading into [...]
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
I was wrong on landfall, but not on the DON’T PANIC part
Rita is turning more to the north, and the models are now sticking landfall just this side of Matagorda Bay. I am still going to be here, because I’ve registered to be a volunteer with the Red Cross. Several folks are coming over Friday from lower lying areas. If you need to, give me a [...]
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
DON’T PANIC!
Douglas Adams was right. That being said, some areas do need to prepare to evacuate, but these are mainly on the east side of town or south of the beltway (as well as areas that are prone to flooding, like near Braes Bayou, Buffalo Bayou, Sims Bayou, and White Oak Bayou): Houston/Galveston Evacuation Zones (PDF, [...]
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
A poem to sum up my thoughts at the moment
If, by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal [...]
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Monday, September 12th, 2005
More BCP Reunion photos
additions from Mike Mayeaux and Chris Delgado. http://www.joewhite.com/images/bcp/bcp.html
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Thursday, September 8th, 2005
BCP Class of 1985 20th Reunion
Last Friday I drove to Beaumont for my 20th high school reunion. Thanks to Michael Mayeux and Valerie Hignnett-Brocato for getting us all together. There was a good turnout, and it was great to see so many folks, some of whom I hadn’t seen since graduation. It is truly sobering to think that we are [...]
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2005
A Time for Action, Not Outrage
A Time for Action, Not Outrage Colbert King has it right. There will be plenty of time to assign blame later. What is needed right now is for people to focus their energy not on recriminations, but on helping those in need. Once we have the people of New Orleans and the surrounding region sheltered [...]
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Friday, September 2nd, 2005
To help Katrina victims
HoustonHelps.org is going to act as a clearinghouse for people in Houston wanting to volunteer. The Houston Chpater of the American Red Cross will hold 2-hour orientation classes for new volunteers Saturday at 10 and again at 1. You must go through orientation to volunteer with them and before taking any further disaster relief training, [...]
