And so it blows

News is covering little more than Hurricane Gustav today. And that's as it should be.

The mayor of New Orleans got on the level of his people as he told them something to the effect of "get your butts outta here." Whatever it takes to get the residents of New Orleans on the path to safety.

It's unbelievable to think that lower Louisiana is about to be hit so hard again. No one has forgotten Katrina or Rita. You think that history can't repeat itself, but we're about to see that it can. I really hope that the devastation will be far less widespread - I just have a feeling that it will be.

Growing up on the Gulf Coast, I can't remember such panic 0r so many storms as we've dodged in the last 3 years or so. Did we always have so many or are we just hyper-aware of them now? Can't answer that.

I can remember being terrified of Hurricane Alicia in 1983. I was 20 years old and huddled in the corner like a baby. The sounds of hurricanes and tropical storms just undo me.

I hope and pray that Gustav will pass quickly and leave little destruction.