Looks like the weathermen aren't even having a hard time out there. CNN is rotating views and opinions of all the guys they stuck out in the weather around the New Orleans area. Yes, some of them are getting hit by 45mph winds, but overall, the weather is not nearly as bad as most expected it to be. There is so little weather news that earlier they were giving a tour of the weather cubicles inside CNN.
Here in Natchez, we've had a few sprinkles and the wind is picking up a bit. I'm sure we'll get more rain this afternoon, but it looks like the hurricane is going to be well west of us by the time it reaches our latitude.
Meanwhile, the local newspaper, The Natchez Democrat, had photos of locals preparing evacuee shelters. The pictures evoked memories of three years ago when scores of those we were not allowed to call "refugees" filled to the brim every church gymnasium and warehouse we could supply with water and electricity. Those poor people were here for months trying to figure out whether they could try to return to their homes, or start again somewhere else.
It doesn't look like they'll have that problem this time.
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