Something good

After the brutal yet ,sadly, unsurprising attacks in London yesterday, it's a natural next step to search for uplifting signs. The tired black-and-white Bushian rhetoric, even Tony Blair's eloquent and oft impassioned messages, didn't do much to offer inspiration. Instead, I found the stories from the ground to be most moving. USA Today ran this article detailing how droves of bloggers recounted their personal experiences and used the blog as a vehicle to relay their status to friends and family. Again, i find myself exhilerated to see how so many different people have both access and motivation to voice their stories. I think this is just on more telling example of how powerful this medium, and others like it, can be.

On another note, a sense of anxiety hung over much of New Orleans today. They just released the public announcement at 4 pm today that the city will not be evacuated yet. if the storm takes a last minute western veer, we might be hangin' out in cajun' country another day or two. Luckily happy hour has arrived the quelm those fears and propel sensible people to nonsensical calm. Judging by the latest forecast, NO rests well to the west of the eye and should only experience peripheral effects. I talked to a few people at our meeting today who live on the islands along the Florida and Alabama gulf coast. They're still struggling to piece their lives together from Ivan last year and now look down the throat of another major hurricane that threatens to annhialate their communities once again. i feel bad for these people and really hope the trip over the Gulf doesn't allow enough time for the storm to maintain high 4 or even category 5 potential.

I'm off to be nonsensical in that work-related-dinner-yet-still-hanging-out-in-new-orleans type way.