Near Miss (But Still Really Really Bad)

It looks like New Orleans was spared the absolute worst of the hurricane as it took a turn for the north at the last minute and also weakened to a category 4. The western eye wall actually passed over the city, but the east side of the storm is the most dangerous. Damage overall is still extreme, probably on the order of hurricane Andrew, the U.S.'s most expensive disaster to date.

Today I went down to campus and got my ID made, picked up my books and filled out payroll forms at the department. I met Allison, our department grad student coordinator, and it turns out she and I went to the same junior high school.