After a very quiet February and early March, the last several weeks have seen severe weather outbreaks week after week...and it looks like the end of this week will bring another bout of violent storms. Right now we have a delightful ridge of high pressure over us bringing that "good feel" air from Canada. The Gulf muggies have been swept far offshore. Winds will return from the south by Friday setting the stage for storms late Saturday into early on Sunday. Another potent upper storm will probably trigger a tornado outbreak ahead of a cold front on Sunday. Keep up on the weather this weekend and get yourself a NOAA weather radio that will awake you if these storms come at night.
Great column by Bob Marshall in Today's Times-Picayune. http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1239714610325230.xml&coll=1
How dare LSU fire Professor Ivor van Heerden for speaking out against defective GOVERNMENT levees? How dare they let money (government funding) get in the way of true scientific facts? Have we talked before about government funding research? Yes we have!
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Any idea how late on Saturday? I'm getting married at 6pm. :(
"HOW DARE THEY" That is exactly how I feel...
Its truly a shame that people care more about the money in their pockets than half a State!Do the Politics and Business men even realize the economic consequences of loosing SE LA or in fact most of everything south of I-10 in LA if they don't start reversing wetland loss and bulking up the Levee System? Lets run through a few things if we were to loose Southern LA...
*A Collapse of the Seafood Industry
*Countless forms of Wildlife will disappear from the face of the Earth.
*No More NOLA
*No More Port of N.O.=No more ships can go in or out of MS River=Economic Catastrophe=Trillions of $ Lost.
*No more Highway 1 which 1/3 of the USA's energy travels through...
*At Least 2 Million People will Be Displaced
and many more...
"The science is the easy part. The hard part is overcoming the narrow-mindedness and selfishness of politics and business as usual. For decades the two have undermined plan after plan to restore wetlands, build new ones, and thereby protect people and property. They have played hell with improving the existing levee system. We must do better now, or we can kiss it all good-bye for good. I was not exaggerating in the introduction when I said that politics and business as usual in Louisiana will eventually put everything below Interstate 10 underwater. Science and engineering can save the day, but not if they're censored or manipulated. If that's to be the case, just shelve them and start packing. It's over." Dr.Ivor van Heerden
^^ I could not agree more with what he said, Imo, Its all about the money and most Politicians and the Big Business men don't give a crap about our community because they are worried about how deep their own pockets are. For whoever fired this man I would be embarrassed. To the greedy scumbag politicians who give hell not to improve protection this beautiful and unique area because you are too worried about your money, you won't realize how huge of a mistake you have made when the Big One does come someday...
Sorry but I had to let it out.
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