Crazy Ivan

Yeah, Ivan never really left. Now a tropical storm. If the link works, on the map: our house is around the D between “7 AM Friday” and “7 AM Saturday”. Which means we may not have a soccer game Saturday morning.

Equal time for Biloxi

Flattened in ’69, Biloxi again at risk : “This week, as Hurricane Ivan looms in the Gulf of Mexico, residents don’t need an anniversary to remember Camille. ‘We’re scared to death,’ said Mayor A.J. Holloway, 65. ‘Anybody that went through Camille, that’s all we’re thinking about now.’” I know folks in the Bay Waveland area, […]

Galveston

It was just over 104 years ago that the “single worst natural disaster in U.S. history” hit Galveston, TX. Something we should never forget. The hurricane that slammed into the barrier island claimed at least 8,000 people – nobody knows an accurate tally. There was no Jim Cantori standing around watching people board up their […]