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Mar.14.2013
After dinner the other night, a friend who’d recounted the rather impressive incompetence of the powers-that-be at his workplace said that he tried not to think about how messed up things are in the larger world beyond his 9 to 5, because when he got in touch with all that could go wrong, it...
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Jan.10.2013
Natives of Southwest Louisiana (also known as Acadiana and Cajun Country) are currently experiencing a deluge of rain. Our local weatherman is calling it a "flood event."
We're considered a large part of "hurricane country," so we're accustomed to torrential rains. The current...
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Nov.14.2012
The tears for Haiti are silent tears that drop into the muddy waters and die unnoticed.
There is such a story to this photograph. Where is this woman going --- and does it matter? It matters very much to her, for it is her life, a life as relevant as any.
Let us remember that...
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Aug.08.2012
“As of 5:45 AM Marikina River water level is now at 20.37 meters and still on the rise. Residents of Marikina please be alerted and move away from low-lying areas near Marikina River NOW! Residents of Marikina FORCED EVACUATION call ongoing #mmda”
This was Twitter’s announcement early...
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Aug.08.2012
The “hanging habagat”, Filipino term known as the southwest monsoon is a natural phenomenon that starts during the summer months in the northern hemisphere when the Asiatic continent becomes warmer than the surrounding areas.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Meaning_of_amihan_and_habagat
As a result, a...
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Aug.08.2012
Yesterdays and today’s rainfall beat Typhoon Ondoy, international code name Ketsana.
Three years ago, Typhoon Ondoy poured more than a month’s worth of rain in six hours, submerging most parts of Metro Manila and neighboring provinces.
This monsoon rainfall is not a typhoon, just pouring rain....
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Aug.08.2012
I don’t mean the showering of good karma or abundant blessings.
I mean rainfall.
Rain, rain, rain and still more rain.
It sure is pouring abundantly!
Unfortunately, this is not good karma.
Monsoon downpour day after day has caused major dams to overflow, streets clogged with water higher...
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Aug.07.2012
“Are you from New Orleans?” is a question that inevitably comes up at book events for my novel Wading Home: a novel of New Orleans.
“No.” I say to the person who wants to know why I wrote a book set there. And then I go into a long-winded explanation about hanging out in the city on vacations...
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Aug.06.2012
The sun does not seem to stand a chance at showing up today.
It never really stopped raining.
Yesterday the water levels started to rise with the continuous downpour.
By 10pm last night I received a text message advising a RED ALERT.
I jumped out of bed to check on the girls. M2 still...
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Jun.04.2012
The driveway snakes north around the swamp, the Amnicon River muttering sullenly on the other side of the flooded ash and cottonwood trees. The river has restrained itself now, confined to its bed but still powerful a week after the rampage that tore hundred year old trees out by their...
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