Well, we finally got a storm that we can worry about in the Gulf â and of course, it is a “K” storm, Tropical Storm Karen.
That famous “doll house” building where the facade fell off is along 8th Avenue around 15th Street; we lived along 8th Avenue around 12th Street.
The wind has been blowing all night (still is), and we have seen a lot of rain; but so far, it looks like we will get through Hurricane Isaac okay.
Day 100 of the BP Oil Spill Disaster, and I am almost ready to exhale now that the temporary fix seems to be holding. I am praying that it holds.
Anytime the oil companies drill offshore, they should have to drill a relief well also, since that is apparently the only way to stop something like this.
I smelled the oil again yesterday morning, real bad; that’s only the second time, but it sure reminds me again of what’s out there.
The way the winds are blowing now, this could be the week that it really comes ashore bad. If a Hurricane hits it, God help us all. đ
Tar clods are now washing up on Sand Island off the coast of Pascagoula, and also on Dauphin Island, Alabama, which is over 100 miles away.
This is the first good-sized storm that has come by here since Hurricane Ike last year (which never got any closer than 300 miles). It is still plenty windy.
List of disasters, including tropical storms and hurricanes, all post-Katrina.