New Orleans

They say if you are a praying type, well, now's the time to pray.

I am the praying type, so my deepest prayers are with those in New Orleans who are in the way of this ferocious beast.

I just saw a working webcam that is streaming live video from the corner of St. Charles and Napoleon. There were a lot of heroic emergency workers still fantically driving around presumably attempting to find protection for those who refused, or couldn't make it out.

I pray for a miracle.

UPDATE: If you can, please call the American Red Cross and give blood at some point tomorrow. I just called them and they said they are short on blood supplies. The phone # to get info for blood donation is 1-800-448-3543, they are naturally quite busy, but I got through after about 15 minutes. Or go to their site (www.redcross.org) for more information.

UPDATE 2: Watching, via CNNonline, the long line out in front of the Superdome, I found it curious that they made everyone wait in line for hours so they could search bags and confiscate "alcohol and firearms." I hope that was just bad reporting instead of actual policy.

UPDATE 3: Its 2:45 am in N.O. and the webcam shows lots of rain with police cars driving through every few minutes.