“Everyone keeps asking if we’re going to comply with the mandatory evacuation order. We’re exempt.”
The good people at directnic.com are still hosting and name-serving from New Orleans. In addition to not letting customer servers or vital internet connectivity go down thoughout the crisis caused by Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent levee failure and flooding of New Orleans, they had time to write about it. It’s really incredible to see what it takes to maintain 24/7 internet service though a national disaster.
“Sometime around midnight, a squad of 82nd Airborne guys accompanied by a US Marshall busted into our Data Center with their M4-A1s to investigate the lights and movement. Personally, I know they were just bored — there’s no way they honestly thought there was some kind of threat up here just yards away from several huge military and police presences. Anyway, they came up and demanded to account for us all.” mgno.com
“Many buildings appear to have well-armed private security forces around them. One Shell Square, for instance, has several guys patrolling around the clock. Bell South does too. These guys look a lot more professional than the Federal Police Force around the Boggs building – professional in the sense that even though they’re just as well armed, they’re not interested in bullying and intimidating anyone.
The homeless people are disappearing one by one. We’re back to one resident under the overhang at the Pan Am Life building.” mgno.com
“There are three different squads patrolling. One squad seems very formal. When they patrol they’ve got 4 guys on one side of the street, 2 guys in the middle, and 4 guys on the other side of the street. Another squad patrols in a tight column of two, while the last squad just kind of bunches up and walks around very informally. Mostly they look into broken windows, check doorways, and watch for trouble. They take the same route every time.” mgno.com
“We pulled 3 servers, a switch, and a firewall from down the street and we’re gonna be racking them up in just a bit. It’s important to get companies both their web presence back and access to their important info. You know, these companies have payroll to make and stuff like that, so think about all the individuals affected as we close out the second week of this catastrophe.”
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Just smile at them, and say things like “I love President Bush … I voted for him both times!” and they’ll leave you alone.
Yeeesh.
I live less than a 100 miles from New Orleans and I think the LACK of federal response is atrocious! This is America and those are Americans! Lets take care of our country before we take care of others!
Yes, because if you say that you voted for Mayor Nagin or Governor Blanco, you might not be greeted so warmly!
Are you suggesting that they would shoot you or treat you as an enemy if you identified yourself as a democratic voter? Because that’s a disturbing thought, and one that I find hard to believe.
Shoot you or treat you like an enemy? Pretty far-fetched words, there Automatt. Democratic voter? You must mean Democrat voter.
Stop blaming bush, he couldnt care less, i mean iraq comes first, stop putting a burden on the Bush and hes crew. these people are working so daMN hard to recure their retirement, wat a burden.
Bush “these fcukers re really costing me, i rather let them dumbasses die, but they are the only fools who’d vote for me. arghh better show my face for the sake of my repute”
Just smile at them, and say things like “I love President Bush … I voted for him both times!†and they’ll leave you alone.
we have reason to believe al qaida is responsible for this atrocity, we must seek justice, we must invade iran. get their oil and recover the mess in new orlean, americans are you with me
Dear Funk, your exhibition of “intelligence” as well as your poor command of the English language put you in a very special class . . . ignorant.
I don’t think Funk deserves the kind of rebuke he receives at the hands of Jan Blair. Admittedly, when it comes to the English language, there are some strange things. But those slips could be explained in many ways, and in any case not everyone has had the advantage of an expensive education! And as for Funk’s “exhibition of ‘intelligence’” that does seem to amount to a real display of intelligence, and certainly not of ignorance.