I talked to Bill very briefly, and Gina talked to him again 20 minutes later. He was sleeping when I called, which I guess means it's not so bad in Baton Rouge, so I'm not too worried about him. They lost power at 6am this morning, and Gina says she lost the call with him. Eh, cell phones. For all I know that was just Sprint being Sprint.
Somebody at the Times-Picayune is blogging the hurricane from their bunker, here. They've still got connectivity, believe it or not, and enough power for mission-critical computers.
Apparently windows are blowing out of high-rise hotels downtown (where tourist refugees are hunkered down), there's a building collapse reported on Laurel near Washington, and somebody on Air America reported that levees are starting to be overcome in the Lower Ninth Ward. The next 3 hours are when the bad stuff will happen, if it's gonna happen.
I can't find any local NO live audio news feeds. WWL and WTIX both reject any attempts. Local news radio here in Austin sucks...mostly sports and conservative talk shows, and Sergeant Sam bitching about this causing high gas prices on KVET. No TVs at work. I fucking hate this.
It's a hot sunny regular work day here but my mind and my heart are 500 miles to the east.
There's no fucking news to speak of on TV, all talking heads and no info.