Friday, September 30, 2005
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Look who's 30!!!
Yep folks, Clinton Howard Loewer is the big 3-0 today!! Ahhhhh, I remember the days when he used to gloat about being older than me...and I told him that one day the tables would be turned! Well here it is! I've enjoyed reminding Clint that he's older than me for a few years now, but somehow it just gets better every year! ;) So happy birthday, ya OLD man! ha!!Clint and his wife Jennifer are currently living and teaching in Kenya. These pictures are from some sight-seeing they did when Clint's brother Micah went over to visit them last year...when Clint was just a young'un! ;)
Top: Clint making out with a giraffe
Middle: Clint and Micah
Bottom: Clint and Jen and some pyramids
Monday, September 26, 2005
Meteorologists are HOTTTTT! ;)
Ok, in all of this over-exposure to weather reports thanks to Katrina and Rita, there's been an interesting little side-development. Apparently I am now attracted to meteorologists--even ones that I though were geeky before!
I realized this while I was watching KPLC out of Lake Charles earlier this afternoon. As the Lake Charles area has been particularly hard-hit, KPLC has been working hard to bring reports about the area. They're all dressed down and it's kinda funny to see them at the newsdesk in something other than formal suits and dresses. Anyway, this afternoon their meteorologists Curtis Atkinson and Mike Griffin were talking about...something. Anyway, Mike Griffin was wearing a baseball cap and polo shirt and he just looked SO cute! I know it's weird and you're probably thinking "what's the big deal" if you're looking at this picture, but he really was. I kinda always thought he was a bit geeky but maybe it's just KPLC's shoddy weather graphics?! Whatever it was, I've got a little crush now! :)
I've also had a little crush on KLFY's Ben Legg for a while now. He's a cutie...and I've thought that since WAY before any hurricane coverage!
Gee, maybe I SHOULD look into becoming a meteorologist?! ;)
I realized this while I was watching KPLC out of Lake Charles earlier this afternoon. As the Lake Charles area has been particularly hard-hit, KPLC has been working hard to bring reports about the area. They're all dressed down and it's kinda funny to see them at the newsdesk in something other than formal suits and dresses. Anyway, this afternoon their meteorologists Curtis Atkinson and Mike Griffin were talking about...something. Anyway, Mike Griffin was wearing a baseball cap and polo shirt and he just looked SO cute! I know it's weird and you're probably thinking "what's the big deal" if you're looking at this picture, but he really was. I kinda always thought he was a bit geeky but maybe it's just KPLC's shoddy weather graphics?! Whatever it was, I've got a little crush now! :)
I've also had a little crush on KLFY's Ben Legg for a while now. He's a cutie...and I've thought that since WAY before any hurricane coverage!Gee, maybe I SHOULD look into becoming a meteorologist?! ;)
Sunday, September 25, 2005
the soundtrack of my life
Ok, that is a bit of exaggeration, but I'm really liking Kelly's new CD (new to me--I finally broke down and bought the sucker last week.) I don't know why, but I love angry chic rock...ok, perhaps misplaced, buried frustrations with those of the opposite sex may have something to do with it, but I'm over all that...right? And I wouldn't normally consider Kelly Clarkson an 'angry chic' but maybe she enjoys the genre as well, as several of the songs on this CD have a bit of angry in the mix!
Anyway, I just love 'belting it out' as I travel down the road, and as I had a long road to travel today, I was belting for a while! I think I made myself hoarse! 'Because of You' is a little beyond personal experience for me, but that doesn't make it any less fun to sing! Overall, I'm still liking this original American Idol, which is strange because the first season is the only one I really followed. I think KC has done a good job of proving herself a genuine talent and I hope she continues to experience success! Us angry chics have to stick together, ya know! ;)
Friday, September 23, 2005
Me = Heck Outta Dodge
I was nervous but fine when Rita was heading toward Galveston/Houston. I have family in the Brazosport area, but they'd evacuated. I woke up Thursday morning to find that the storm had turned a little more toward the East and a little more of Louisiana was showing up in that "cone of uncertainty." Well, I went on to school, a little more alert and ready to panic (those of you who were near and dear to my heart during Hurricane Lili in 2003 may remember how much I LOVE Category 4/5 hurricanes that are heading STRAIGHT FOR US!) but I had my classes--it was Farmer's Day in honor of the Sugarcane festival that weekend, so we were all dressed in our farmer gear and looking cute...and then they began to call for mandatory evacuations in coastal/low-lying areas!
School dismissed at 1:00pm and I headed home to watch the news--imagine that, ME watching the news coverage. Surprising, I know! Well around 4:15pm, there was another little shift to the East and the eye was forecast to hit at Sabine Pass on the Texas/LA boarder and I was OUT! That's only about 75 miles away from where I live and the eastern side of the storm is the bad side--the side with all of the rain and storm surges and tornadoes. I don't do well with things I can't control, and unlike those yahoos who think that they'll actually be able to control things if they stay home during the storm, my first instinct is to get the heck outta dodge...so I did. I left town around 6:30pm and made it to Springhill, LA, by about midnight.
Springhill is Northeast of Shreveport on the Arkansas boarder. My friend Tracie lives and teaches here and has THE cutest little house! She's graciously taken me in for the weekend. As we've all learned lessons from our experiences with Katrina, I've packed for about two weeks--but some people may say I do that for any weekend trip, so what's the difference! ;) We'll get some of the weather up here as well, but I was more concerned about the threat of tornadoes and flooding--at home, we're forecast to get about 30" of rain in the area b/c Rita's supposed to be stalling on the coast for a little while before heading inland. I figured, why be miserable?!
So just in case anyone was wondering, I'm here and ok and hoping that nothing major happens at home...but not willing to stay around and wait for it! I may be out of touch for a little while b/c I don't know what will happen with the electricity and all, but I'm sure that all will be fine.
Things in New Orleans still continue to be a struggle. I saw on the news this morning that the fragile levees are giving way and the 9th ward is flooding again. The 17th street levee was holding last I heard, but flooding is still a major concern for them despite their distance from this storm.
...and why exactly are we all still living on the Gulf Coast?! Hmmmm, relocating is becoming a little more tempting!
School dismissed at 1:00pm and I headed home to watch the news--imagine that, ME watching the news coverage. Surprising, I know! Well around 4:15pm, there was another little shift to the East and the eye was forecast to hit at Sabine Pass on the Texas/LA boarder and I was OUT! That's only about 75 miles away from where I live and the eastern side of the storm is the bad side--the side with all of the rain and storm surges and tornadoes. I don't do well with things I can't control, and unlike those yahoos who think that they'll actually be able to control things if they stay home during the storm, my first instinct is to get the heck outta dodge...so I did. I left town around 6:30pm and made it to Springhill, LA, by about midnight.
Springhill is Northeast of Shreveport on the Arkansas boarder. My friend Tracie lives and teaches here and has THE cutest little house! She's graciously taken me in for the weekend. As we've all learned lessons from our experiences with Katrina, I've packed for about two weeks--but some people may say I do that for any weekend trip, so what's the difference! ;) We'll get some of the weather up here as well, but I was more concerned about the threat of tornadoes and flooding--at home, we're forecast to get about 30" of rain in the area b/c Rita's supposed to be stalling on the coast for a little while before heading inland. I figured, why be miserable?!
So just in case anyone was wondering, I'm here and ok and hoping that nothing major happens at home...but not willing to stay around and wait for it! I may be out of touch for a little while b/c I don't know what will happen with the electricity and all, but I'm sure that all will be fine.
Things in New Orleans still continue to be a struggle. I saw on the news this morning that the fragile levees are giving way and the 9th ward is flooding again. The 17th street levee was holding last I heard, but flooding is still a major concern for them despite their distance from this storm.
...and why exactly are we all still living on the Gulf Coast?! Hmmmm, relocating is becoming a little more tempting!
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Where they will go is anyone's guess
Here we see a very busy Atlantic Ocean, full of all sorts of scary fun! We've got tropical storm Rita bearing down on the Keys, tropical storm Phillippe teasing the Bahamas, and a few more tropical depressions and waves thrown in for good measure! Hmmmmm, we're not out of the woods yet, folks! They're all forecast to strengthen, and where they end up is anyone's guess! Ahhhh, the joys of living on the balmy gulf coast!
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Movin' Day!
We finally got to move into our Middle/High School building on Friday!!! I was gonna take really cute pictures of the day, but HANNA had my camera b/c she was taking pics before school, so I missed all the eagerness of the early part of the day...but here are some cute pics from later in the day. I guess I should have actually taken a picture or two of my classroom, huh? Oh well, there's always next week!
Kyle's a man on the move!
Kyle's a man on the move!
Monday, September 12, 2005
Thursday, September 08, 2005
This Is Not New Orleans' Last Dance
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Rick Bragg, a former resident of New Orleans, declares this is not New Orleans' last dance, in a beautifully written piece in the Washington Post. It will lift your spirits--but only if you were lucky enough to visit before the devastation.
*giving credit where credit is due: I found the article on this blog: http://djword.blogspot.com/
*giving credit where credit is due: I found the article on this blog: http://djword.blogspot.com/
Reality hits home once again...
This is from a letter I received from Allen's brother James. I didn't make it back as often as I would have liked, but the Jackson's house is like a second home for me. Reading this breaks my heart all over again.
Hello friends--Many of you have asked about my brother. Here is what I know. While I still haven't talked to him personally, my sister has, and this is what she passed on to me yesterday:Like so many others, Allen and his family left New Orleans confident that they would be back on Monday or Tuesday after the wind died down. Allen even told the kids, "The only way our house could flood would be if the levees broke. We have nothing to worry about." So they did not take important papers, valuables, or anything else. They took Judi's Mountaineer and the 1986 Ford F-150 he inherited when our dad died, and which he and Aaron have been working on restoring all year. They left his Honda Accord in the driveway, since between it and the truck, it was the one with comprehensive insurance.
The water from the flood crested at Allen's roofline on the two-story house before going down to about seven or eight feet. Obviously, they have lost everything, including the brand-new washer and dryer they had put in the weekend before. Nevertheless, Allen counts himself as one of the most blessed people in New Orleans in that his family is with him and he still has a job.
Currently, the family is living in Baton Rouge. The kids are enrolled in school there, and Allen is looking at purchasing a mobile home and some land to put it on. He has had three job offers since last week, but I think is waiting to see what is going to happen with the seminary. Apparently there is going to be a meeting this weekend of all the faculty at in Ft. Worth (at Southwestern) to discuss the future of the school.
So how do you pray? Pray for Allen's kids-- Aaron and Sarah. This has been extremely hard on them, as they have lost all the friends they were sure they would see after the weekend. Now they are in a new school,trying to find their place. Aaron is an athlete who is going from being a starting pitcher at a 1A school to just trying to fit in at a 5A school. Sarah had been so involved in drama and dance, even with some professional productions through the Children's Theater of New Orleans. I think both of them are feeling the shock of all that going away in a blink.
Pray for wisdom. I suppose when you are trying to figure out what the next day is going to look like in the midst of so many questions and so much uncertainty, it makes it that much harder to figure out anything long-term. Pray that Allen and Judi will find where God is in the middle of all this.
Allen is probably the wisest, most Godly man I know. It's because of Allen that I am where I am now in ministry. All my life I've looked to him for guidance, for advice, for resources to help me make sense of life. Now Allen is at a place where he is struggling to make sense of the turn his life has taken. My sister could definitely hear the stress and the discouragement in his voice, and that is not something I am used to hearing from him.
Allen is currently the interim pastor at Crosspoint Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. If you're interested in contacting him or judi, email me at bethhintze@gmail.com.
Hello friends--Many of you have asked about my brother. Here is what I know. While I still haven't talked to him personally, my sister has, and this is what she passed on to me yesterday:Like so many others, Allen and his family left New Orleans confident that they would be back on Monday or Tuesday after the wind died down. Allen even told the kids, "The only way our house could flood would be if the levees broke. We have nothing to worry about." So they did not take important papers, valuables, or anything else. They took Judi's Mountaineer and the 1986 Ford F-150 he inherited when our dad died, and which he and Aaron have been working on restoring all year. They left his Honda Accord in the driveway, since between it and the truck, it was the one with comprehensive insurance.
The water from the flood crested at Allen's roofline on the two-story house before going down to about seven or eight feet. Obviously, they have lost everything, including the brand-new washer and dryer they had put in the weekend before. Nevertheless, Allen counts himself as one of the most blessed people in New Orleans in that his family is with him and he still has a job.
Currently, the family is living in Baton Rouge. The kids are enrolled in school there, and Allen is looking at purchasing a mobile home and some land to put it on. He has had three job offers since last week, but I think is waiting to see what is going to happen with the seminary. Apparently there is going to be a meeting this weekend of all the faculty at in Ft. Worth (at Southwestern) to discuss the future of the school.
So how do you pray? Pray for Allen's kids-- Aaron and Sarah. This has been extremely hard on them, as they have lost all the friends they were sure they would see after the weekend. Now they are in a new school,trying to find their place. Aaron is an athlete who is going from being a starting pitcher at a 1A school to just trying to fit in at a 5A school. Sarah had been so involved in drama and dance, even with some professional productions through the Children's Theater of New Orleans. I think both of them are feeling the shock of all that going away in a blink.
Pray for wisdom. I suppose when you are trying to figure out what the next day is going to look like in the midst of so many questions and so much uncertainty, it makes it that much harder to figure out anything long-term. Pray that Allen and Judi will find where God is in the middle of all this.
Allen is probably the wisest, most Godly man I know. It's because of Allen that I am where I am now in ministry. All my life I've looked to him for guidance, for advice, for resources to help me make sense of life. Now Allen is at a place where he is struggling to make sense of the turn his life has taken. My sister could definitely hear the stress and the discouragement in his voice, and that is not something I am used to hearing from him.
Allen is currently the interim pastor at Crosspoint Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. If you're interested in contacting him or judi, email me at bethhintze@gmail.com.
Monday, September 05, 2005
People I care about...
I have been getting reports about New Orleans friends. Some I didn't even realize were in harm's way until it was all said and done! I just thought I'd post a little about them. The information is first-hand when it can be, and if not, it's from reliable sources. It's just a random mix of NOBTS friends and Lafayette friends.
Allen, Judi, Aaron, and Sarah Jackson are in Baton Rouge, LA. I spoke with Allen briefly on Saturday. He's interim pastoring at Crosspoint Baptist Church on Airline, so they are staying there for the time being. He was saying that they may not be able to live on campus until maybe January.
Byron and Cindy Townsend's son Ethan was born in New Orleans on the Saturday before the hurricane, so they weren't able to evacuate. I originally heard that they were part of the Superdome hoorah, but by reading the NOBTS forum thread, it appears that they were at Lakeside Hospital until they were evacuated. From there they went to Houston. Here is a post that Byron made on a blog written by joe kennedy that I stumbled across yesterday:
joe,i am typing with one hand because i am holding ethan with the other. i love this boy. we are safe in houston with cindy's parents. i will be going to ATL on tues to our north georgia campus. new orleans will be rebuilt somehow. this is not the first time natural disaster strikes. nobts will be back as well. check nobts.edu sometime on friday.peace, bro. good word on the blog. -byron.ethan's dad 08.31.05 - 10:53 pm
I spoke to Jeff Audirsch last Monday night and he'd evacuated to north Louisiana. Jeff is a PhD student and serves as the Art Director in the PR office at NOBTS.
Tammy (Dempsey) and Rick Lopez evacuated to Opelousas, LA. Tammy works for William Carey College office on the Seminary campus. Rick works for the Seminary. Here is part of an email that Della forwarded to me from Tam:
We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends. We aren't making any decisions about stepping out beyond this moment. We did talk about the possibility of another Seminary, Golden Gate perhaps?? I am still unable to get in touch with anyone from Hattiesburg. All 3 campuses of William Carey were hit hard. I do not know if I will have a job or if perhaps they will allow me to come work in Hattiesburg , it is all unknown. Everything is up in the air right now. I wish I could be with you now. Know that we love you and are wishing we were together
we are fine, so many others were hurt much harder and so many have no place to go. I realized today that I lost the home of my present and of my past...its weird. We just heard our friends from the Seminary were rescued today...PRAISE GOD! Stuff is replaceable...ok so i have to revisit Alaska, Thailand, Burma, and Indonesia...I won't complain about that....I get to start a new purse collection or better yet we get to live a life of simplicity. Thanks for your prayers, we covet them
love to all...pray for the people of New Orleans to have a REAL relationship with Jesus...if that's right, everythingelse will be too.
love you
tam and Rick
I can't find it now, because I looked at several of the links on Joe Kennedy's blog, but one of his friends reported that Leah Brown (a current Seminary student and a fellow ULL/BSU alum) was working at Tulane Medical Center (she's a nurse) during the storm. Apparently she was stuck on a parking garage for a while, but she's been rescued and evacuated.
I heard that Holly Arceneaux (ULL/BSU alum as well) is in Lafayette. She was living in New Orleans and I believe she also works for Tulane Medical Center.
Kent and Jessica Caperton (again, ULL/BSU alums and Kent is currently a NOBTS undergrad student) evacuated to her family's house in Zachary, LA. You can keep up with them by way of Jessica's blog: http://jessicasbigideas.blogspot.com. (Kent has one too, but you can get to it by way of Jessica's.)
John Ringo (little brother to Dave Ringo--ULL/BSU alum; former FBC Lafayette youth) lives in New Orleans and works for Bobby Jindal. He was in Las Vegas, NV, on business when the hurricane hit.
James and Shera Thiele left New Orleans on Saturday morning. He's been posting pretty regularly on his website, but he posted this on his myspace account:
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Thanks to everyone who has been emailing and text messaging. On a whim, Shera and I decided to escape early and left New Orleans Saturday morning to make the 11 hour drive to visit her parents. We have the rabbit and Shera's best friend with us. Keep praying for our friends who have decided to stay behind. It's gonna get big ugly in the big easy.We will continue to post updates at www.jamestealy.com so please check there often.
Quite randomly, I heard from Sarah Barnett (ok, I can't remember how to spell her last name!) earlier today because she added me as a friend on her myspace account. I emailed a quick, "hey what are you doing adding me as a friend when your city was just submerged." comment and she responded with this...this blows my mind!
Beth Heinze!! Haha, it's been a roller coaster ride the past few days. My family and I stayed in New Orleans and rode out the storm at the Hotel Monteleone in the Quarter...we didn't get out until Wednesday afternoon, and barely at that. We came very close to not making it at all...it's a crazy story I promise to tell you sometime. I'm safe and sound (and homeless) in Houston for now, but Loyola's worked out a co-op with other Jesuit universities around the country. I'm trying to get into Fordham right now (in the Bronx), and if it works out, I'll be up there by Thursday. It's all a whirlwind right now, but I'm keeping up so far! Thanks for the offer of the apartment...if Fordham doesn't work out, I just might take you up on that! I promise to be much better about keeping in touch...especially now that you've given me all of your information except your social security number :) xoxo, Sarah
Some sites for more info on NOBTS/New Orleans ppl:
WWL forum for NOBTS
NOBTS family blog and the official NOBTS website
FBCNO family blog and the official FBCNO website
I'll post more as I continue to hear. I've still heard no word on Brigham and Robin Young or any of the ppl of FBC Gulfport, so if you're in contact with any of those people, I'd love a word about them! Fortunately, it seems like people are ok--and PEOPLE are the important part in the equation.
Allen, Judi, Aaron, and Sarah Jackson are in Baton Rouge, LA. I spoke with Allen briefly on Saturday. He's interim pastoring at Crosspoint Baptist Church on Airline, so they are staying there for the time being. He was saying that they may not be able to live on campus until maybe January.
Byron and Cindy Townsend's son Ethan was born in New Orleans on the Saturday before the hurricane, so they weren't able to evacuate. I originally heard that they were part of the Superdome hoorah, but by reading the NOBTS forum thread, it appears that they were at Lakeside Hospital until they were evacuated. From there they went to Houston. Here is a post that Byron made on a blog written by joe kennedy that I stumbled across yesterday:
joe,i am typing with one hand because i am holding ethan with the other. i love this boy. we are safe in houston with cindy's parents. i will be going to ATL on tues to our north georgia campus. new orleans will be rebuilt somehow. this is not the first time natural disaster strikes. nobts will be back as well. check nobts.edu sometime on friday.peace, bro. good word on the blog. -byron.ethan's dad 08.31.05 - 10:53 pm
I spoke to Jeff Audirsch last Monday night and he'd evacuated to north Louisiana. Jeff is a PhD student and serves as the Art Director in the PR office at NOBTS.
Tammy (Dempsey) and Rick Lopez evacuated to Opelousas, LA. Tammy works for William Carey College office on the Seminary campus. Rick works for the Seminary. Here is part of an email that Della forwarded to me from Tam:
We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends. We aren't making any decisions about stepping out beyond this moment. We did talk about the possibility of another Seminary, Golden Gate perhaps?? I am still unable to get in touch with anyone from Hattiesburg. All 3 campuses of William Carey were hit hard. I do not know if I will have a job or if perhaps they will allow me to come work in Hattiesburg , it is all unknown. Everything is up in the air right now. I wish I could be with you now. Know that we love you and are wishing we were together
we are fine, so many others were hurt much harder and so many have no place to go. I realized today that I lost the home of my present and of my past...its weird. We just heard our friends from the Seminary were rescued today...PRAISE GOD! Stuff is replaceable...ok so i have to revisit Alaska, Thailand, Burma, and Indonesia...I won't complain about that....I get to start a new purse collection or better yet we get to live a life of simplicity. Thanks for your prayers, we covet them
love to all...pray for the people of New Orleans to have a REAL relationship with Jesus...if that's right, everythingelse will be too.
love you
tam and Rick
I can't find it now, because I looked at several of the links on Joe Kennedy's blog, but one of his friends reported that Leah Brown (a current Seminary student and a fellow ULL/BSU alum) was working at Tulane Medical Center (she's a nurse) during the storm. Apparently she was stuck on a parking garage for a while, but she's been rescued and evacuated.
I heard that Holly Arceneaux (ULL/BSU alum as well) is in Lafayette. She was living in New Orleans and I believe she also works for Tulane Medical Center.
Kent and Jessica Caperton (again, ULL/BSU alums and Kent is currently a NOBTS undergrad student) evacuated to her family's house in Zachary, LA. You can keep up with them by way of Jessica's blog: http://jessicasbigideas.blogspot.com. (Kent has one too, but you can get to it by way of Jessica's.)
John Ringo (little brother to Dave Ringo--ULL/BSU alum; former FBC Lafayette youth) lives in New Orleans and works for Bobby Jindal. He was in Las Vegas, NV, on business when the hurricane hit.
James and Shera Thiele left New Orleans on Saturday morning. He's been posting pretty regularly on his website, but he posted this on his myspace account:
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Thanks to everyone who has been emailing and text messaging. On a whim, Shera and I decided to escape early and left New Orleans Saturday morning to make the 11 hour drive to visit her parents. We have the rabbit and Shera's best friend with us. Keep praying for our friends who have decided to stay behind. It's gonna get big ugly in the big easy.We will continue to post updates at www.jamestealy.com so please check there often.
Quite randomly, I heard from Sarah Barnett (ok, I can't remember how to spell her last name!) earlier today because she added me as a friend on her myspace account. I emailed a quick, "hey what are you doing adding me as a friend when your city was just submerged." comment and she responded with this...this blows my mind!
Beth Heinze!! Haha, it's been a roller coaster ride the past few days. My family and I stayed in New Orleans and rode out the storm at the Hotel Monteleone in the Quarter...we didn't get out until Wednesday afternoon, and barely at that. We came very close to not making it at all...it's a crazy story I promise to tell you sometime. I'm safe and sound (and homeless) in Houston for now, but Loyola's worked out a co-op with other Jesuit universities around the country. I'm trying to get into Fordham right now (in the Bronx), and if it works out, I'll be up there by Thursday. It's all a whirlwind right now, but I'm keeping up so far! Thanks for the offer of the apartment...if Fordham doesn't work out, I just might take you up on that! I promise to be much better about keeping in touch...especially now that you've given me all of your information except your social security number :) xoxo, Sarah
Some sites for more info on NOBTS/New Orleans ppl:
WWL forum for NOBTS
NOBTS family blog and the official NOBTS website
FBCNO family blog and the official FBCNO website
I'll post more as I continue to hear. I've still heard no word on Brigham and Robin Young or any of the ppl of FBC Gulfport, so if you're in contact with any of those people, I'd love a word about them! Fortunately, it seems like people are ok--and PEOPLE are the important part in the equation.
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Another site for aerial photos of Hurricane Katrina damage
http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/
The imagery posted on this site is of the Gulf coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.This imagery was acquired by the NOAA Remote Sensing Division to support NOAA national security and emergency response requirements. Please note that these images are uncorrected and not rotated. The approximate ground sample distance (GSD) for each pixel is 37 cm (1.2 feet). The images have 60% forward overlap, and sidelap unknown. Image file size is between 2 MB and 3 MB.
Also, LPB (Louisiana Public Broadcasting) seems to be broadcasting news from WWL out of New Orleans (they're actually broadcasting out of Baton Rouge)--at least they have been this morning. If you're curious about how areas of New Orleans are faring, this station's broadcasts have been very informative because the newscasters are familiar with the city and its citizens. The special reports have been very effective and they've presented a lot of good information.
Maybe someday soon I'll post about something other than Hurricane Katrina, but this is what's on my heart and mind and I want to post things that can be useful to my friends who've been displaced. I will say that as I've watched WWL's coverage this morning, I'm beginning to have a little more hope. All is NOT lost and the violence and destruction of a few are NOT the sentiments of the many. They've shown several reports on the New Orleans PD and those that have stayed in the city (1/3 of the NOPD deserted) have shown such courage and dedication. THEY have been there from the get-go and they continue to go on, with nothing left to give.
The imagery posted on this site is of the Gulf coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.This imagery was acquired by the NOAA Remote Sensing Division to support NOAA national security and emergency response requirements. Please note that these images are uncorrected and not rotated. The approximate ground sample distance (GSD) for each pixel is 37 cm (1.2 feet). The images have 60% forward overlap, and sidelap unknown. Image file size is between 2 MB and 3 MB.
Also, LPB (Louisiana Public Broadcasting) seems to be broadcasting news from WWL out of New Orleans (they're actually broadcasting out of Baton Rouge)--at least they have been this morning. If you're curious about how areas of New Orleans are faring, this station's broadcasts have been very informative because the newscasters are familiar with the city and its citizens. The special reports have been very effective and they've presented a lot of good information.
Maybe someday soon I'll post about something other than Hurricane Katrina, but this is what's on my heart and mind and I want to post things that can be useful to my friends who've been displaced. I will say that as I've watched WWL's coverage this morning, I'm beginning to have a little more hope. All is NOT lost and the violence and destruction of a few are NOT the sentiments of the many. They've shown several reports on the New Orleans PD and those that have stayed in the city (1/3 of the NOPD deserted) have shown such courage and dedication. THEY have been there from the get-go and they continue to go on, with nothing left to give.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
bird's eye view
I thought I'd post before and after satellite pics of New Orleans. If you click on the picture, and then click on the little orange box at the bottom of the pic, you can see a larger view, but it's still not very big. If you go to this page on the KATC site, you can download the pics and get a larger view.
Those of you who may be curious about NOBTS: Scroll across the top of the pic (which is the edge of Lake Pontchartrain) until you see the UNO campus all the way to the right side of the pic. Find the UNO Lakefront Arena (right) and Save-a-lot grocery store (left) and follow that road (Franklin Ave.) down until you get to a major intersection (Gentilly Blvd.) The seminary is to the right and runs alongside the railroad tracks. It's easier to find it on the before pic, and then look on the after pic.
before
Those of you who may be curious about NOBTS: Scroll across the top of the pic (which is the edge of Lake Pontchartrain) until you see the UNO campus all the way to the right side of the pic. Find the UNO Lakefront Arena (right) and Save-a-lot grocery store (left) and follow that road (Franklin Ave.) down until you get to a major intersection (Gentilly Blvd.) The seminary is to the right and runs alongside the railroad tracks. It's easier to find it on the before pic, and then look on the after pic.
before
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