But unfortunately, it’s usually for bad news like this. Stay safe everyone…
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED
HURRICANE KATRINA
A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH…RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS…PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE [...]
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I was watching a press conference on Katrina while on the StairMaster this morning. Here’s a question. Why were there 10 people or more at the press conference, all standing around and looking at the camera?
Why does everyone do this? The Governor, the Mayor, and the Director of Emergency Management were the only ones who [...]
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Here’s a photo of me getting a hug upon successfully landing my 40th skydive.
The hugger? My MOM.
The same woman who three months ago, said "There’s no way I can ever approve of this, and no way I can support you in this – It’s just too frightening to me."
I love you, mom. Thanks for [...]
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I was skydiving the other day, and saw someone on the plane wearing a black helmet. Totally blank, except for one small, yellow sticker: "FAITH."
You’d damn well better have faith when you’re about to jump out of an airplane. But also when you do other things… Virtually anything. When you take a new job. When [...]
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Thanks, Matthew!
1) Give us a very brief overview of you: What you like to work with, favorite types of stories,
what you’re always on the lookout for, and as important, what you can’t stand.
I cover the media industries–newspapers, magazines, book publishing, television and radio. The business, not the content (no author interviews, program reviews, or [...]
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