Day: September 21, 2005

Every pastor’s worst nightmare – a Freudian Slip during an important point in a sermon.

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So, what does Blake think about the publication of his video slip?

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has finally made it to the final stage of grief – Acceptance. After the SHOCK of Katrina, the mayor spent the next few days in DENIAL that he had any role to play in the chaos that followed. His ANGER was well publicized as he sought the help of George W. Bush, BARGAINING with the president and the governor of Louisiana on how best to move relief efforts forward. A sort of DEPRESSION hung over his words in interviews he gave to the media after the feds mobilized and took control of New Orleans.

But today, Ray Nagin publicly acknowledges his ACCEPTANCE that New Orleans is not a federal responsibility. 

It takes a long as it takes, but eventually, we all get there.

It seems unfathomable, but less than a month after Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast, another killer storm is strengthening over the same waters and heading toward Texas.

Hurricane Rita took aim at Texas as it grew into a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday and authorities urged residents in Galveston, Houston and other vulnerable areas to leave.

“This is a big storm and it’s going to have an impact along the entire coast,” U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told Fox News during a round of morning television appearances.

Rita’s winds increased to 140 mph (225 kph) as it headed into the Gulf of Mexico after lashing the Florida Keys on Tuesday. The storm did not get close enough to reach the vulnerable chain of islands with its most destructive forces.

The upgrade put Rita in the same strength classification as Hurricane Katrina, which devastated parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama last month.

A storm of Rita’s size could send a 20–foot storm surge over the Texas coast. Everyone better have their ducks in a row on this one, given the disorganization that occurred with Katrina. We’ll see. 

Others: StormTrack | Rita Swirls Into 150-Mph Monster in Gulf |

Previously: Hurricane Katrina 911 Audio |

“You are stuck on stupid.”

Bush should take press conference lessons from this man.