How bad.

I think the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina will be much worse than anybody would have thought. It looks like many people stayed behind, for various reasons, and are either suffering right now while waiting to be rescued, or are dead.

People in the poor areas of New Orleans didn't listen, or couldn't leave, and were trying to ride it out at their homes. Many bodies have already been found, and with the water continuing to rise tonight, people that are trapped in their homes may not make it.

It's hard to believe that this could happen, especially in a wealthy country like the U.S., where warnings were broadcast for days ahead of time. Maybe the warnings should have been more urgent, because there is no reason for people to die in a storm like this, which allows for such early warning.

DB

Katrina

I've heard comments on "New Orleans is sinking man, but I don't wanna swim.",
but I haven't heard anybody comment with "Katrina and the Waves."

I guess the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama aren't
"Walking on Sunshine" at this moment.

DB

New Orleans is sinkin' man...

...and I don't wanna swim.

What a crazy Hurricane that is in the Gulf of Mexico right now.
When you look at the satellite images, it covers 2/3 of the Gulf!
And the sustained winds are over 160 or 180 mph,
making it a category 5, which is the strongest on the scale.
The temperature of the water in the Gulf right now is in the high 80F,
which is fueling this storm to it's massive size.

And the storm is headed right for New Orleans,
which is below sea level,
and may actually be doing what the Hip sing.

DB

Wat a krazee wirld

Just when you think things are crazy enough,
they get even crazier.

Things all around the World seem to be so unstable,
at least it all looks unstable.

It seems to be all of the fundamentalists,
not just one, but all of them (well, some of them?).

Then today, Mr. Robertson says that
Mr. Chavez should be assassinated.

Crazy!!!

DB

Another crowd at Ontario Place

Coming home today, I saw a guy and his girlfriend
walking along the Lakeshore wearing Motley Crue
T-shirts.

As I came around the corner to Ontario Place,
there were huge crowds parking cars,
and walking to the Amphitheatre.

I figured that it must be a Motley Crue concert,
and I was right. They are playing with Sum 41,
and other bands.

I was thinking that it's unusual that the most
well known member of the band is Tommy Lee,
and he's a drummer.

There aren't many drummers that are the most
famous in the band.

There are exceptions, like Phil Collins and
Don Henley. But typically it's the lead singer
or lead guitarist that get the most exposure.

Coincidentally, Tommy Lee's reality show
where he goes to College was on TV tonight.

Now I am known by everybody to hate
'reality' TV, but I got caught up in this so
called 'reality' show tonight.

I haven't watched it before, but it is kind of funny.
It is very scripted, like all 'reality' shows are,
but they do a funny job at it.

I think that's enough 'reality' for a while...

DB

Sweeping...

Every night at around this time, 23:00, street cleaners go past in the Westbound lanes of the Gardiner, cleaning the sides of the highway. First two tankers go past spraying the dirt to the sides, then a line of 2 or 3 sweepers go past, followed by two crash trucks.

This is the first year that I've noticed them doing this each night, and I have been wondering why they do it so often. You wouldn't think that the highway would get that much debris every day, requiring it to be swept each night.

The process leaves a traffic backlog along the Westbound lanes for around 10 to 20 minutes each night.

DB