Five years ago today, I was concerned about my Florida friends who had endured several hurricanes the year before. Charley, Frances, and Ivan wreaked havoc all over that state in the summer of 2004. On this day five years ago, another one was headed her way: Hurricane Katrina. It's Friday. The Saints are hosting the Ravens in a preseason game in the SuperDome. That's what I'm thinking about. I'm also looking forward to our annual fantasy football draft that I'm hosting on Sunday at CrabAppleLane. Katrina is not a concern. She's headed to Florida, not Louisiana. Didn't think her weekend plans would interfere with mine at all.
14 days until football season ...
- Ferry Cross The Mersey - Gerry & The Pacemakers - AM Gold: The Mid-'60s
- Dreamboat Annie (Reprise) - Heart - Dreamboat Annie
- You're My Best Friend (1991 Remix) - Queen - A Night At The Opera
- The Man's Too Strong - Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
- You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Quote of the Day
With thousands feared drowned in what could be America’s deadliest natural disaster in a century, New Orleans’ leaders all but surrendered the streets to floodwaters and began turning out the lights on the ruined city — perhaps for months.
Associated Press, September 1, 2005
Blog of the day is here.
Quote from said blog: "Nine and a half years ago, I fell cheesebox over toes for a small city in the Dirty South of the USA called New Orleans."
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I don't really remember, but I'm pretty sure that Friday I was pretty oblivious. I think it was the next morning that I read the NWS(I think) warning of potentially 20,000 or more dead in New Orleans. I'll never forget that shocked and scared feeling of that morning.
I don't remember that 20,000 figure, Dave. It had to be a non-local. Public officials here are usually more reserved and quite a bit less alarming but their frightening rhetoric for Katrina unsettled me.
I was off by a day. This is the bulletin from the National Hurricane Center that set it off:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_bulletin_for_New_Orleans_region#cite_note-katreport-1
That was followed by some news story with some expert then citing the 20,000 figure, or more, but I haven't found that one.
No mention that the levee might fail, though. The wind damage was substantial but it was the flooding that destroyed the city. Surprised it didn't rate a mention in a warning as detailed as that one was trying to be.
Wow, five years ago? Time flies huh.
I remember thinking about you and wondering if you were ok! And you were...
It turned out OK for us, Fi. Thanks.