water, water everywhere so let's all have a drink!

this post comes to you directly from wdsu new orleans.

it has begun!

gavs, robin, lenin and i have our evacuation plans all set and ready to go. i hope the rest of you do as well. if you believe in prayer, now would be the time for it. if you don't, then maybe you should start.

NEW ORLEANS -- As Hurricane Dean moves into the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday could become a critical date in the city and state's evacuation plans.
Col. Terry Ebbert, New Orleans' homeland security director, said all plans are based on the city being secure 12 hours before a storm strikes Louisiana.
"At about the 84 hours mark, which is Sunday late afternoon, we have to make decisions and move on certain things, so that means people could be moving Monday morning, he said.

At 96 hours before a storm hits, evacuation plans are activated. Buses, trains and plans are supposed to be in place, and security is on stand-by.
Three days out, busing people out of the city and low-lying areas begins.
"That's a regional plan, and when we do that, it relies on about 10 parishes, three states and the federal government," Ebbert said.
The last buses leave 42 hours before the storm hits, and the mayor would call for a mandatory evacuation. Contraflow procedures also begin.
Ebbert said that if a mandatory evacuation is called, officials expect the city to be a ghost town 12 hours before the storm makes landfall.

the text can be read at: http://www.wdsu.com/weather/13920962/detail.html

just pray it keeps heading the way that the forcast says it's going to. of course, we all know that a slight shift in wind could send it our way. fingers crossed.

stay cool.

still on same book
last song i listened to: real love by john lennon
what i'm hoping for now: my birthday party not being cancelled AGAIN
days until my birthday: 10 (i think)
plans for my birthday: dinner party
what i want for my birthday: a spa day, this super-fine jacket (which i really, really want... http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&id=71571&parentid=APP_OUTERWEAR_COATS&pushId=APP_OUTERWEAR_COATS&popId=APP_OUTERWEAR&sortProperties=&navCount=7&navAction=poppushpush&color=cha
storms in the gulf: what's left of erin and now dean is making it's way in
days until i have to be back at work: 2.5
temp outside: upper 70s (the sun always makes it worse)