duck and cover (4½ days from now)

I know, I know .. hurricanes aren't funny. But the dashed-red line showing the projected path of Hurricane Rita takes it here to Dallas by 2am Sunday. I wonder if I should begin perfecting my looting scavenging skills?

Speaking of not funny, here are two items I wandered across lately:

1- American diaspora - Katrina shows how people have migrated from New Orleans since Katrina

2- Chip Ward's article: Bush's Holy War on Nature