Hurricane Katrina Coverage

In case you want to see hurricane coverage and not a New Orleans traffic report, here's some links to online coverage:

HurricaneNow
WDSU-TV (MSNBC has been simultcasting them a lot)
WWL-TV
WTIX-AM
WSAO-AM
And if you want a Louisiana soundtrack (i.e. business as usual) Radio Margaritaville or Mr. PoBoy

Also, two of my station's meteorogists are natives of the Nola area. They've got their own memories of Camille and Betsy, as well as how this is going to impact Middle Tennessee (we're under a tropical storm wind watch, y'all) at http://www.nashvillewx.com/ .

You know it's a bad storm when CNN's been doing phoners since this morning instead of live shots, and most of the correspondants are no closer than Gulfport (although CNN claims that Anderson Cooper will be doing coverage out of Nola...hurry up!)

My mom lived in N'awlins after graduating from college, and my cousin lived in Metarie and Kenner for years. I went down there a lot as a teen to visit, and it really is one of the prettiest places on earth. I just hope that it doesn't drown half of the Garden District (French Quarter also, but let's face it - you can drink and party anywhere.)

EDIT: According to Miles O'Brien's liveblogging of the storm (lucky!) CNN's live coverage of the actual landfall is moving to Baton Rouge, basically because they fear that their satellite truck will float away. Damn. I'm infamous for my desire to actually cover a hurricane on the coast, but this is one where I'm not really feeling the need to jump in my car and head south. Unless I could ride along in Hurricane One, that is.

Glad to see that other people are missing Anderson. Wonder what he might almost get hit by this go 'round? Hurricane glasses? A zydeco band? Or a floating riverboat casino?

Oh, and the best quote ever from Miles:
My iPod shuffled its way to Pete Fountain mid flight. Listening to "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans". Wish I was on my way to hoist a Hurricane from Pat O'Brien's - instead of covering one named Katrina.

Never been a huge Miles fan, but he just earned about a 1000 cool points for this one.

FYI. I sure would hate to be stuck somewhere where the authorities are telling you to have something that you could hack a hole in your ceiling with, just in case.

EDIT 2: My cats are going to all the doors and windows and growling at nothing. I know that animals have weird instinctive reactions to incoming weather. I wonder if Katrina is already causing something to make this happen.

And hoo boy, that live shot of WVUE's parking lot is really exciting, y0. Yes, I know I'm bitchy and that news crews have no business being anywhere near a coastline right now. But after watching the World's Longest Traffic Jam all day, I feel a wee bit whiny about it.