CNN catches on

Yeah, I blogged about this already, but now Mainstream Media is catching on (heh, tongue in cheek there, folks0 CNN.com – Atlantic storm names may go Greek – Sep 20, 2005: “‘We only have four names left on the list this year: Stan, Tammy, Vince and Wilma. If we have a fifth storm it would […]

Dear Hotels “dot” com:

I love your search engine, really. But when I need a room, it really isn’t important for the first one to be listed as “from $499.00 lowest average nightly rate” Really. I’m sure the kids would love to have their own bathrobe, and perhaps a personal assistant or two, but, um, if I ever spend […]

Navy map of Rita

This is a big map (so it’s only a link) but it gives a good idea of where the Navy thinks the storm will go. At the time I’m posting this, they are predicting it will make landfall west / south of Galveston Houston. But that puts Galveston-Houston in the dreaded “right front quadrant” where […]