It’s the day before Labor Day weekend, and it’s all falling apart here…
Okay, good stuff first: I got the yard mowed (after 4 inches of rain thanks to Katrina, it was a jungle), the trimming accomplished, and the car washed in the past couple of days, but I’m horribly behind on all things wedding.
I just ordered cable. I’m tired of having fuzzy broadcast reception…just basic, no digital/TiVo/etc. Whitney and I are both newshounds, so maybe that will assuage our yen to be plugged-in. Plus, hey, Cartoon network :D
New Orleans is…gone. Those who remained behind are enduring anarchy and violence closer to Mogadishu, Somalia, than anything America has seens since the Civil War. Civilization has collapsed there and people are doing anything to survive. It’s a microcosm of what could happen anywhere in America if even a few basic services get disrupted and people are cut-off from food and water.
I hope this isn’t the start of a cascading failure, but it seems like it could be. America is overextended and unable to secure a city within its own borders; a few key strikes or armed uprisings during this time of vulnerability could tip the whole country into chaos.
Wedding, anyone?