caroline's MindSay Blog

Kick starting this blog again

neworleans — 2006-08-27T01:08:38-05:00

Six weeks ago, I moved back to the city locals call "Katrinaville". I live in a neighborhood called "the Bywater", east of the Marigny/French Quarter area and I work uptown, by the riverbend.

With...

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Hurricane Wilma threatening Florida and the Gulf

neworleans — 2005-10-20T08:10:59-05:00

In an all-too-familiar scenario, tens of thousands are evacuating the Keys. Wilma's path remains unpredictable and communities along the Gulf stand ready for a possible strike. Wilma has set a new record since 1933,...

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Water flows over New Orleans levee

neworleans — 2005-09-23T11:09:18-05:00

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Water has broken through a damaged levee protecting New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, flooding the low-lying neighborhood that was devastated last month by Hurricane Katrina, a CNN crew...

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Evacuee bus explodes as Rita closes in

neworleans — 2005-09-23T11:09:07-05:00

HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- A bus caught fire and exploded early Friday on a crowded Texas interstate, killing as many as 24 people who were fleeing ahead of Hurricane Rita.
The bus, carrying about 45 elderl

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Rita turns farther from Houston, closer to Lake Charles

neworleans — 2005-09-22T10:09:13-05:00

GALVESTON -- Hurricane Rita weakened this morning from a top-of-the-scale Category 5 hurricane to a Category 4 as it swirled across the Gulf of Mexico, and forecasters said it could lose more steam by the time...

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Are you seeing what I'm seeing?

neworleans — 2005-09-22T10:09:10-05:00

Somebody with meteorological knowledge...just what is behind Rita?? Another storm in the making? Hopefully it'll drift to

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Breaking : St. Tammany Parish

neworleans — 2005-09-22T10:09:15-05:00

St. Tammany Parish is declaring a State of Emergency because of the threat of Hurricane Rita and calling a mandatory evacuation of all areas south of Highway 190 and Highway 22 beginning at 8:00 AM Friday....

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Hurricane paths

neworleans — 2005-09-22T09:09:26-05:00

The green model from BAMD is quite possibly the worst scenario...I don't like all these stop and turn around and go again path po

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On the move again: Katrina victims among thousands fleeing Rita

neworleans — 2005-09-22T08:09:29-05:00

NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) — As many as 500,000 people in southwestern Louisiana, many of them already displaced by Hurricane Katrina, were told to evacuate Thursday as Hurricane Rita headed for a forecast...

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As Rita approaches, bloggers are changing the news landscape

neworleans — 2005-09-22T12:09:35-05:00

The Houston Chronicle is experimenting with a new way of getting news...directly from bloggers in the area.

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