The Big Hundred On...Ah, Forget It
Congrats to my brother Baxter and his baseball team. They played a series of games this weekend and finished a win away from the championship. Baxter pitched six strong innings Friday night and struck out five or six batters. They ended up losing the final game in the weekend series by one run this morning, but still had a great showing.
The only drawback is that both Baxter and my Mom picked up some kind of fever over the weekend. It doesn't look serious, but those are never fun. Please pray that their health will improve soon.
Well, the Gulf Coast is under fire yet again. This time, it's Hurricane Katrina taking aim at landfall somewhere on the shore between Louisiana and Mississippi. It's a category 5 monster, packing winds of 175 mph and minimum central pressure of 902 mb (which equates to 26.67 inches of mercury). That's staggering. Camille in 1969 was the last hurricane to even approach that low a pressure gradient. And Katrina's bigger and stronger than Camille at peak intensity. If it continues on its forecasted track, it will bring the eye of the hurricane dangerously close to New Orleans early tomorrow morning. And because the city sits below sea level, almost comparable to a bowl surrounded by bodies of water, the 25-foot storm surge could drown it. I pray that the Gulf Coastal residents are taking this thing seriously and get out of there if they haven't done so already. That includes those brave Weather Channel storm chasers like Stephanie Abrams, Jim Cantore, and Jeff Morrow who are down there reporting the conditions and giving updates. Their job really takes a lot of guts when you think about it. Keep safe, everyone!
I can't believe it'll be time to move back to Furman a week from today. I haven't even started getting my things together yet. Looks like I'll have to start bringing those empty fry boxes home from work again. Only this time, I won't make the mistake of leaving them in my car. I did that the last time I used them for packing, and they made my car stink like a fish factory. Bleh.
I suppose that's all for today. I guess I'll go back to watching Katrina and soaking up my last week of being at home. How will I soak it up? By doing absolutely nothing? Hmm ... interesting idea. It bears investigation. ^_^
Song of the Day: Reuben Morgan - "I Give You My Heart"
Verse of the Day: "You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things." - Romans 2:1
The only drawback is that both Baxter and my Mom picked up some kind of fever over the weekend. It doesn't look serious, but those are never fun. Please pray that their health will improve soon.
Well, the Gulf Coast is under fire yet again. This time, it's Hurricane Katrina taking aim at landfall somewhere on the shore between Louisiana and Mississippi. It's a category 5 monster, packing winds of 175 mph and minimum central pressure of 902 mb (which equates to 26.67 inches of mercury). That's staggering. Camille in 1969 was the last hurricane to even approach that low a pressure gradient. And Katrina's bigger and stronger than Camille at peak intensity. If it continues on its forecasted track, it will bring the eye of the hurricane dangerously close to New Orleans early tomorrow morning. And because the city sits below sea level, almost comparable to a bowl surrounded by bodies of water, the 25-foot storm surge could drown it. I pray that the Gulf Coastal residents are taking this thing seriously and get out of there if they haven't done so already. That includes those brave Weather Channel storm chasers like Stephanie Abrams, Jim Cantore, and Jeff Morrow who are down there reporting the conditions and giving updates. Their job really takes a lot of guts when you think about it. Keep safe, everyone!
I can't believe it'll be time to move back to Furman a week from today. I haven't even started getting my things together yet. Looks like I'll have to start bringing those empty fry boxes home from work again. Only this time, I won't make the mistake of leaving them in my car. I did that the last time I used them for packing, and they made my car stink like a fish factory. Bleh.
I suppose that's all for today. I guess I'll go back to watching Katrina and soaking up my last week of being at home. How will I soak it up? By doing absolutely nothing? Hmm ... interesting idea. It bears investigation. ^_^
Song of the Day: Reuben Morgan - "I Give You My Heart"
Verse of the Day: "You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things." - Romans 2:1
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