Maybe scare was to stong, but I am certainly concerned. We are right upon election day and a tape from the leader of Al-Quieda surfaces. Osama could be giving out his next set of instructions. How is an outsider supposed to know the difference? What do you think?

I just read an article in Information Week concerning the use of Cell phones while airborne. It seems that the FAA is going to examine the current ban on such activity. Give me a break! Already if I choose to go see a movie at a theater for around $30, I have to listen to the barrage of teenie cell phones going off until the movie starts. I might be ok with this if it stopped when the movie started. No! Inevitably someone will feel compelled to answer that vibrating phone (assuming the ha...

We have just been allowed to leave our building after being held captive here for the past 2.5 hours. Local police found a backpack sitting on a gas main in downtown Shreveport, LA. As it turns out, the local Fire Dept had a press conference scheduled today to show off their new bomb robot. Instead of a press conference they got to 'give him a try' while the cameras were rolling. As it turns out, the used some sort of explosive to open the bag and sifted through some poor homeless person'...

I work in the oil and gas industry. We have quite a few operated production facilities south of New Orleans. I have visited these places and shared a meal with the folks who keep it all pumping. While many people are out of work, these people now have no place to go to work. This facility and all of the men who work there are out of commission. This particular pump station contained four compressor engines. They were responsible for several thousand barrels of oil production per day. It i...

You have no clue if you think repairing or strengthening the levees would work. Louisiana has a very delicate coastal system that plays a major part in the ability of the levees to work. The reason the levees are failing is because of the levees themselves. They do not allow the coastal wetlands to receive the proper amount of sediment deposits. I assure you, while FEMA might not have been a part of it, there has been constant work done to reclaim these wetlands from the Gulf. Lear...

If you want to help but want to make a difference for some of the people who might not be receiving assistance. I hope everyone who receives this is doing well. As I watch the coverage of the devestation caused by Hurricane Katrina, I've decided to start a campaign that can make an immediate impact on the lives of those most effected. Our Foundation has already helped familes by covering hotel costs for those who could not afford it. These families have small children and will greatl...

First let me say LW I'm not trying to hijack ... as you know I can't comment. I live in Shreveport, LA. We are far north and west of the situation in New Orleans, however, we are not removed from this horrible situation. I volunteered at the Red Cross Shelter last night. At the height of the donations we were taking in nearly 500 cars an hour. It was all that we could do to just pile all this shit up and sort it out later. While we are accepting donations people are backing up their tr...

It has been posed that rebuilding the City of New Orleans is not a good idea. The fact that New Orleans is flooded has nothing to do with a broken levee. New Orleans is flooded because of many years of coastal erosion. We do not have the natural land barriers that were in place even 50 years ago. The Mississippi river has been rerouted and the natural sand and silt is not being deposited where it should be. The plant life on the floor of the barrier islands and marsh lands is also in very ...

Kanye West can say all he wants but I live in Louisiana and this is still a very racially divided state. We have segregated communities and its no secret. We have a population of people who were around back in the day and their sentiment hasn't died. I am not racist. I believe in equality for everyone as motivated as me white, black or purple. However, if you choose to be lazy and pump out kids so you get more assistance ... well ... you are beneath me and race doesn't play a part in that...

Are you stupid? I'll say it again. The reason New orleans is flooded isn't bcause of a levee break. It is because of the over engineering of the Mississippi river.

Link Just in case you still think he's dead.

I am so disgusted with all of the information coming out about how Governor Blanco handled this situation. I am also sick of hearing that Mike Brown should resign now. If he has to resign, she should have to resign and personally apologies to everyone who lost someone to this storm. I don't hold her accountable for the possessions of these people. I hold her accountable for the lives she swore to protect. She is the highest official in the state and is claiming ignorance. If you get pulle...

I have always lived my life knowing that sometimes laughter is the only medicine. However, this is a tender subject. Many who are critical of Bush will find truth in this photo and the others, I hope, find the humor in this. Link If that offended you... 1. I didn't make it 2. I warned you

I live in Louisiana as some of you know. I have always held a bit of distain for the government here because politics here are still a bit more accustomed to the good ole boy network. In the time I have been here I have seen some very dirty things take place. I have seen the son of a local sheriff more or less walk away from an investigation into the execution style murder of three people at a convenience store. I lived right around the corner from this store and bought quite a bit from t...