It Ain't The Heat But The Humidity

Man, I hope I didn't speak too soon in saying that New Orleans dodged a bullet. It looks like conditions there went from bad to worse yesterday as areas of the city that weren't flooded during the hurricane itself began to fill with water. In the great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, it wasn't the quake itself that wreaked havoc on the city so much as the fires that followed. I'm hoping that we don't have a similar scenario in New Orleans with the flooding that follows this storm.

The picture below is from my old stomping grounds in Mobile. This region of the country, a place I once called home, is going to be a long time getting back on it's feet.