Updates tagged with la on Arkwood Pond Social!
lnxw48a1: https://news.yahoo.com/tornado-warning-live-news-40-062509889.html [news yahoo com] Two people killed in #AL as #tornadoes rip through Southern states #LA #MS AL #AR #TX #TN #KY were under watches last night.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 01-Dec-2022 03:16:22 UTC
https://news.yahoo.com/tornado-warning-live-news-40-062509889.html [news yahoo com] Two people killed in #AL as #tornadoes rip through Southern states #LA #MS AL #AR #TX #TN #KY were under watches last night.
lnxw48a1: @clacke Sweden's water sounds great. I have worked in 15 US states and I have never found a place where tap water tastes good. I always have to buy a filter or just buy bottled water. The worst places were in #Mississippi (Jackson, Starkville #MS), #Louisiana (Baton Rouge #LA) and #California (Irwindale #CA). In Irwindale, the water came out looking like diluted milk ... and stayed that way several minutes later. It is an old rock quarrying town, so I suspect it was just rock debris suspended in the water. In Mississippi, the water came out yellow for a few days before getting clear again. The same thing happened in #Baton_Rouge, but it was only one or two days and it only happened once.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 17:33:23 UTC
@clacke Sweden's water sounds great. I have worked in 15 US states and I have never found a place where tap water tastes good. I always have to buy a filter or just buy bottled water. The worst places were in #Mississippi (Jackson, Starkville #MS), #Louisiana (Baton Rouge #LA) and #California (Irwindale #CA). In Irwindale, the water came out looking like diluted milk ... and stayed that way several minutes later. It is an old rock quarrying town, so I suspect it was just rock debris suspended in the water. In Mississippi, the water came out yellow for a few days before getting clear again. The same thing happened in #Baton_Rouge, but it was only one or two days and it only happened once.
lnxw48a1: Watching the #NOAA / #NHC site’s updates about #Hurricane #Ian as the storm’s eyewall comes ashore in #FL. I’m used to watching the storm stream from WAFB-TV-9 in #Baton_Rouge #LA, but they are not covering this event in #Florida. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 28-Sep-2022 15:52:41 UTC
Watching the #NOAA / #NHC site’s updates about #Hurricane #Ian as the storm’s eyewall comes ashore in #FL. I’m used to watching the storm stream from WAFB-TV-9 in #Baton_Rouge #LA, but they are not covering this event in #Florida. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
lnxw48a1: S informed me that her most recent supervisor had requested that she be suspended. Which she only found out by calling to find out why they hadn't called her for any of the available assignments. After filing a mistreatment claim, they unsuspended her, but only because they did not follow established procedures in the process. She can be cantankerous. One time, we were both working in #Louisiana. At pretty much every hotel I've been in, if you're in #LA or #MS, they go through your unlocked suitcases every day. She decided to confront the hotel manager about it and got kicked out of the hotel ... had to rush to find another place to stay that night. As far as I can tell, they don't open TSA locks, so I just locked my stuff and carried all my electronics in the trunk of the rental car.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 19-Dec-2021 14:20:28 UTC
S informed me that her most recent supervisor had requested that she be suspended. Which she only found out by calling to find out why they hadn't called her for any of the available assignments. After filing a mistreatment claim, they unsuspended her, but only because they did not follow established procedures in the process. She can be cantankerous. One time, we were both working in #Louisiana. At pretty much every hotel I've been in, if you're in #LA or #MS, they go through your unlocked suitcases every day. She decided to confront the hotel manager about it and got kicked out of the hotel ... had to rush to find another place to stay that night. As far as I can tell, they don't open TSA locks, so I just locked my stuff and carried all my electronics in the trunk of the rental car.
lnxw48a1: @geniusmusing Yeah, I expect that #Hurricane #Ida will have nearly every federal agency involved in responding, the way Puerto Rico did after Hurricane #Maria. Co-workers are already trying to guess who gets sent to #LA and who goes to #MS or even #TN.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 30-Aug-2021 00:22:45 UTC
@geniusmusing Yeah, I expect that #Hurricane #Ida will have nearly every federal agency involved in responding, the way Puerto Rico did after Hurricane #Maria. Co-workers are already trying to guess who gets sent to #LA and who goes to #MS or even #TN.
lnxw48a1: Ida lands as a category 4 hurricane with estimated sustained winds of 150MPH and gusts of 185MPH. #LA is getting torn up from the winds and the flooding. (I saw storm surge forecasts of 15ft last night, I’d guess even more ocean water than expected got pushed onshore with this higher wind speed.) I really hope most people got out of Dodge before the storm arrived. Otherwise, this is conversation with your Maker time in #Louisiana and probably #Mississippi ( #MS ) and #Alabama ( #AL ) right now.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 29-Aug-2021 17:18:22 UTC
Ida lands as a category 4 hurricane with estimated sustained winds of 150MPH and gusts of 185MPH. #LA is getting torn up from the winds and the flooding. (I saw storm surge forecasts of 15ft last night, I’d guess even more ocean water than expected got pushed onshore with this higher wind speed.) I really hope most people got out of Dodge before the storm arrived. Otherwise, this is conversation with your Maker time in #Louisiana and probably #Mississippi ( #MS ) and #Alabama ( #AL ) right now.
lnxw48a1: #TropStorm #Ida heads for #LA and #MS https://www.chron.com/weather/article/hurricane-ida-new-orleans-houston-impact-16416140.php [www chron com]
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 27-Aug-2021 17:09:00 UTC
#TropStorm #Ida heads for #LA and #MS https://www.chron.com/weather/article/hurricane-ida-new-orleans-houston-impact-16416140.php [www chron com]
lnxw48a1: Found out today that area code 318 is also Louisiana. I think I've mentioned it before, but my work cell gets 3-4 call attempts per day from #LA area codes. Except recently, the number is far less, and I think that's because they are re-using old spoofed numbers that I've already blocked. Since I've worked in Louisiana twice (for a total of about 21 months), I must have gotten on someone's list that way. I do occasionally get a spam call from another state's area code, but that is less than once per week.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 31-Jul-2021 04:18:35 UTC
Found out today that area code 318 is also Louisiana. I think I've mentioned it before, but my work cell gets 3-4 call attempts per day from #LA area codes. Except recently, the number is far less, and I think that's because they are re-using old spoofed numbers that I've already blocked. Since I've worked in Louisiana twice (for a total of about 21 months), I must have gotten on someone's list that way. I do occasionally get a spam call from another state's area code, but that is less than once per week.
lnxw48a1: Fun fact: other than fried shrimp at Red Lobster and a crawfish pasta dish at Walk-Ons (Baton Rouge, #LA; right across from LSU's stadium), I have never eaten shellfish.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 19-Jun-2021 22:17:30 UTC
Fun fact: other than fried shrimp at Red Lobster and a crawfish pasta dish at Walk-Ons (Baton Rouge, #LA; right across from LSU's stadium), I have never eaten shellfish.
lnxw48a1: Learning to block numbers from 225, 337, 504 area codes on sight. Sorry if there’s ever a legit call from #Louisiana. The spam callers are currently spoofing #LA numbers multiple times per day.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 13-May-2021 17:44:42 UTC
Learning to block numbers from 225, 337, 504 area codes on sight. Sorry if there’s ever a legit call from #Louisiana. The spam callers are currently spoofing #LA numbers multiple times per day.
lnxw48a1: For the past few days, the $EMPLOYER cellphone has been getting an increased number of spam calls. I don’t answer any of them, and I block each number after the fact (despite knowing the numbers are spoofed, I know they will sometimes re-use a number). So far, every number is from #Louisiana. The marketers are likely NOT in #LA, but they are just spoofing numbers there.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 12-May-2021 14:36:58 UTC
For the past few days, the $EMPLOYER cellphone has been getting an increased number of spam calls. I don’t answer any of them, and I block each number after the fact (despite knowing the numbers are spoofed, I know they will sometimes re-use a number). So far, every number is from #Louisiana. The marketers are likely NOT in #LA, but they are just spoofing numbers there.
lnxw48a1: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/luke-letlow-louisiana-congressman-elect-dies-covid-19-age-41/ #LA congresscritter-elect dies from #COVID-19
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 30-Dec-2020 23:27:12 UTC
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/luke-letlow-louisiana-congressman-elect-dies-covid-19-age-41/ #LA congresscritter-elect dies from #COVID-19
lnxw48a1: post-tropical cyclone #Zeta continues to move rapidly. The center of the storm is over Delaware, about to cross into the ocean (most of the storm is already at sea). Yesterday afternoon / evening, it was heading into Louisiana and Mississippi. #NOAA / #NHC has issued its last advisory about the storm. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ Along the way, parts of #DE #MD #VA #NJ #NC #TN #KY #WV #LA #MS #AL were under the storm. Hopefully, because of its speedy motion, there will be less damage across most of that path.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 29-Oct-2020 22:00:37 UTC
post-tropical cyclone #Zeta continues to move rapidly. The center of the storm is over Delaware, about to cross into the ocean (most of the storm is already at sea). Yesterday afternoon / evening, it was heading into Louisiana and Mississippi. #NOAA / #NHC has issued its last advisory about the storm. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ Along the way, parts of #DE #MD #VA #NJ #NC #TN #KY #WV #LA #MS #AL were under the storm. Hopefully, because of its speedy motion, there will be less damage across most of that path.
lnxw48a1: It looks like the center of #Hurricane #Zeta is moving onshore near New Orleans, #LA, right about now. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ I haven't seen any news stories about evacuations, but there must be. I don't know how high the storm surge is, but a high surge can ride inland for a few miles, meaning that normally dry land temporarily becomes part of the ocean.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 28-Oct-2020 23:26:21 UTC
It looks like the center of #Hurricane #Zeta is moving onshore near New Orleans, #LA, right about now. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ I haven't seen any news stories about evacuations, but there must be. I don't know how high the storm surge is, but a high surge can ride inland for a few miles, meaning that normally dry land temporarily becomes part of the ocean.
lnxw48a1: #NOAA / #NHC #Hurricane #Zeta nearing the northern Gulf Coast. The map on https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ still looks like New Orleans #LA is in or near the likely direct impact zone.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 28-Oct-2020 17:04:08 UTC
#NOAA / #NHC #Hurricane #Zeta nearing the northern Gulf Coast. The map on https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ still looks like New Orleans #LA is in or near the likely direct impact zone.
lnxw48a1: #NOAA / #NHC https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ tracking #TropStorm #Zeta, now having crossed the Yucatán Peninsula and expected to strengthen and pass near New Orleans, #LA.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 27-Oct-2020 14:03:15 UTC
#NOAA / #NHC https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ tracking #TropStorm #Zeta, now having crossed the Yucatán Peninsula and expected to strengthen and pass near New Orleans, #LA.
lnxw48a1: I’m positive I couldn’t see THIS prison from the highway, but I did see an old prison near the #LA - #MS border. From “the time when they knew how to punish people”. I’ve never beed incarcerated, but my impression is that modern US prisons are still horrible, but much less so than they used to be.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 12-Oct-2020 03:28:33 UTC
I’m positive I couldn’t see THIS prison from the highway, but I did see an old prison near the #LA - #MS border. From “the time when they knew how to punish people”. I’ve never beed incarcerated, but my impression is that modern US prisons are still horrible, but much less so than they used to be.
lnxw48a1: #NOAA / #NWS #TD22 in the Gulf of Mexico is now #TropStorm #Beta ... expected to soak parts of #MX, #TX, #LA; #Hurricane #Teddy expected to pass East of #Bermuda, then swing across #Canada's Maritime Provinces
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 19-Sep-2020 07:41:09 UTC
#NOAA / #NWS #TD22 in the Gulf of Mexico is now #TropStorm #Beta ... expected to soak parts of #MX, #TX, #LA; #Hurricane #Teddy expected to pass East of #Bermuda, then swing across #Canada's Maritime Provinces
lnxw48a1: Mark told me that the news showed quite a bit of damage in #AL from #Hurricane #Sally. I hope there are no chemical plants in that area. There were a few days of "shelter in place" in #LA after a recent hurricane caused a fire at such a plant.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 17-Sep-2020 01:18:56 UTC
Mark told me that the news showed quite a bit of damage in #AL from #Hurricane #Sally. I hope there are no chemical plants in that area. There were a few days of "shelter in place" in #LA after a recent hurricane caused a fire at such a plant.
lnxw48a1: Glanced at PowerOutage.us ... looks like Cameron Parish, #LA, is still about 85% without power. Overall, it looks like 45% of the state is out. Most is due to #hurricane #Laura that went through the state a couple of weeks back. There's an important caveat in that PowerOutage does not track all of the state's electric providers, so its figures could be high OR low.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 12-Sep-2020 00:37:06 UTC
Glanced at PowerOutage.us ... looks like Cameron Parish, #LA, is still about 85% without power. Overall, it looks like 45% of the state is out. Most is due to #hurricane #Laura that went through the state a couple of weeks back. There's an important caveat in that PowerOutage does not track all of the state's electric providers, so its figures could be high OR low.
lnxw48a1: #TD-19 forms East of #FL ... expected to cross into the Gulf of Mexico and target the coast between the Florida panhandle and #LA. #NOAA / #NWS https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ See also Levi's blog at https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 12-Sep-2020 00:20:52 UTC
#TD-19 forms East of #FL ... expected to cross into the Gulf of Mexico and target the coast between the Florida panhandle and #LA. #NOAA / #NWS https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ See also Levi's blog at https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/
lnxw48a1: Hmm. I've noticed that no one ever seems to have a positive impression of #IA. I've worked for months at a time in some neighboring states ( #NE, #MO, #KS ) and never had a similar impression about them. What's especially bad about Iowa? (I've also worked in #MS and #LA, so I might just have a rosier view.)
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 02-Sep-2020 22:38:58 UTC
Hmm. I've noticed that no one ever seems to have a positive impression of #IA. I've worked for months at a time in some neighboring states ( #NE, #MO, #KS ) and never had a similar impression about them. What's especially bad about Iowa? (I've also worked in #MS and #LA, so I might just have a rosier view.)
lnxw48a1: #Laura is now a #TropStorm, since about 13:00 US-Central. The storm is known to have caused 4 deaths since it landed last night. https://nu.federati.net/url/274415 [www upi com] However, the storm moved through #LA and #TX pretty quickly, so it appears to have caused less damage than expected.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 27-Aug-2020 23:45:35 UTC
#Laura is now a #TropStorm, since about 13:00 US-Central. The storm is known to have caused 4 deaths since it landed last night. https://nu.federati.net/url/274415 [www upi com] However, the storm moved through #LA and #TX pretty quickly, so it appears to have caused less damage than expected.
lnxw48a1: I really only know one person in #LA ... a former #Fediverse member (and #HPR contirbutor) who is a professor at one of the state universities. Unfortunately, he’s really busy, and I don’t really have a channel to ask how things are going.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 27-Aug-2020 00:29:10 UTC
I really only know one person in #LA ... a former #Fediverse member (and #HPR contirbutor) who is a professor at one of the state universities. Unfortunately, he’s really busy, and I don’t really have a channel to ask how things are going.
lnxw48a1: In the Eastern Pacific, Tropical storms have formed: #TropStorm Hernan and TS Iselle. Current forecasts expect the storms to turn westward and dissipate around Sunday/Monday. In the Atlantic / Gulf of Mexico, #Hurricane #Laura is a category 4 storm, expected to bring storm surge up to 20 feet above normally-dry ground. Still expected to reach the #TX / #LA shore this evening. Still rated "extremely dangerous". This isn't #TheWeatherChannel saying this (e.g., there's no commercial motivation). This is #NOAA / #NHC.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 26-Aug-2020 21:50:56 UTC
In the Eastern Pacific, Tropical storms have formed: #TropStorm Hernan and TS Iselle. Current forecasts expect the storms to turn westward and dissipate around Sunday/Monday. In the Atlantic / Gulf of Mexico, #Hurricane #Laura is a category 4 storm, expected to bring storm surge up to 20 feet above normally-dry ground. Still expected to reach the #TX / #LA shore this evening. Still rated "extremely dangerous". This isn't #TheWeatherChannel saying this (e.g., there's no commercial motivation). This is #NOAA / #NHC.
lnxw48a1: Major #Hurricane #Laura still heading toward the #TX / #LA border area as a Category 4. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ Note: extremely dangerous ... if you’re in that area and have not prepared, get on the road NOW.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 26-Aug-2020 17:05:34 UTC
Major #Hurricane #Laura still heading toward the #TX / #LA border area as a Category 4. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ Note: extremely dangerous ... if you’re in that area and have not prepared, get on the road NOW.
lnxw48a1: Looking at #NOAA / #NHC site: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ #TropStorm #Marco is starting to break apart as it makes landfall in #LA. Expected to become post-tropical depression by late Tuesday or early Wednesday. TS #Laura expected to become a hurricane tomorrow, head for #TX or LA, with landfall Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 25-Aug-2020 02:12:02 UTC
Looking at #NOAA / #NHC site: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ #TropStorm #Marco is starting to break apart as it makes landfall in #LA. Expected to become post-tropical depression by late Tuesday or early Wednesday. TS #Laura expected to become a hurricane tomorrow, head for #TX or LA, with landfall Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.
lnxw48a1: #NOAA / #NHC: #Hurricane #Marco is in the Gulf of Mexico. Current projections say it should weaken before it makes landfall some time tomorrow along #MS - #LA - #TX coastline. #TropStorm #Laura is over and West of Hispaniola ( #Haiti and #DR ), expected to go over #Cuba before entering the Gulf tomorrow night / Tuesday morning and becoming a hurricane itself. Looks like it may hit near the Texas - Louisiana state border on Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 23-Aug-2020 19:50:15 UTC
#NOAA / #NHC: #Hurricane #Marco is in the Gulf of Mexico. Current projections say it should weaken before it makes landfall some time tomorrow along #MS - #LA - #TX coastline. #TropStorm #Laura is over and West of Hispaniola ( #Haiti and #DR ), expected to go over #Cuba before entering the Gulf tomorrow night / Tuesday morning and becoming a hurricane itself. Looks like it may hit near the Texas - Louisiana state border on Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
lnxw48a1: It looks like #TropStorm #Marco has moved North and East relative to yesterday’s forecast, so the new projection has it striking Southeast #LA as a hurricane on Monday 2020-08-24. TS #Laura is over and to the West of #PR. The #NOAA / #NHC forecast shows it going right over Hispaniola and Cuba (with some impacts in the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas. Current projection shows Laura striking Louisiana as a hurricane on Wednesday 2020-08-26, two days after Marco lands. They note in the discussion for both tropical cyclones that there is a lot of uncertainty in the forecasts, so big changes could occur between now and landfall.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 23-Aug-2020 02:50:51 UTC
It looks like #TropStorm #Marco has moved North and East relative to yesterday’s forecast, so the new projection has it striking Southeast #LA as a hurricane on Monday 2020-08-24. TS #Laura is over and to the West of #PR. The #NOAA / #NHC forecast shows it going right over Hispaniola and Cuba (with some impacts in the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas. Current projection shows Laura striking Louisiana as a hurricane on Wednesday 2020-08-26, two days after Marco lands. They note in the discussion for both tropical cyclones that there is a lot of uncertainty in the forecasts, so big changes could occur between now and landfall.
lnxw48a1: Latest #NOAA / #NHC forecast track has #TropStorm #Marco becoming a hurricane today or tonight, then weakening Monday and being pushed West into #TX on Tuesday or Wednesday. TropStorm #Laura now expected to go across Hispaniola and Cuba, becoming a hurricane overnight Monday-Tuesday and hitting #LA Wednesday night.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 22-Aug-2020 20:30:00 UTC
Latest #NOAA / #NHC forecast track has #TropStorm #Marco becoming a hurricane today or tonight, then weakening Monday and being pushed West into #TX on Tuesday or Wednesday. TropStorm #Laura now expected to go across Hispaniola and Cuba, becoming a hurricane overnight Monday-Tuesday and hitting #LA Wednesday night.
lnxw48a1: Looking at the #NOAA / #NHC site. #TropStorm #Marco forms, should pass over part of the #Yucatan, then head across the Gulf toward #TX or #LA. To the east of that, TropStorm #Laura is bigger, but sloppy. Expected to pass near or over #PR, Hispaniola ( #DR and #Haiti), #Cuba, #Caymans, #Bahamas, then enter the Gulf of Mexico before becoming a hurricane https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ As always, these forecasts are based on mathematical models, and real-world situations almost always differ from models. If you're in the US Southeast or the Gulf Coast, you should take precautions as though one or both storms could change course and visit you.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 22-Aug-2020 03:53:38 UTC
Looking at the #NOAA / #NHC site. #TropStorm #Marco forms, should pass over part of the #Yucatan, then head across the Gulf toward #TX or #LA. To the east of that, TropStorm #Laura is bigger, but sloppy. Expected to pass near or over #PR, Hispaniola ( #DR and #Haiti), #Cuba, #Caymans, #Bahamas, then enter the Gulf of Mexico before becoming a hurricane https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ As always, these forecasts are based on mathematical models, and real-world situations almost always differ from models. If you're in the US Southeast or the Gulf Coast, you should take precautions as though one or both storms could change course and visit you.
lnxw48a1: #TropStorm #Laura forms in the Atlantic ( formerly #TD13 and Invest 98L ). Expected to track North of #PR / #USVI / #BVI, go through the Bahamas and approach #FL as a hurricane. #TD14 (formerly Invest 97L) expected to become TropStorm #Marco today or tomorrow, track toward Yucatan, then into the Gulf of Mexico and toward #TX, #LA coasts. https://accuweather.com/ https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 21-Aug-2020 22:21:20 UTC
#TropStorm #Laura forms in the Atlantic ( formerly #TD13 and Invest 98L ). Expected to track North of #PR / #USVI / #BVI, go through the Bahamas and approach #FL as a hurricane. #TD14 (formerly Invest 97L) expected to become TropStorm #Marco today or tomorrow, track toward Yucatan, then into the Gulf of Mexico and toward #TX, #LA coasts. https://accuweather.com/ https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
lnxw48a1: My #SoCal hometown is having another day that exceeds 100F / 38C outside. Inside temperature is 96F / 36C. Slightly hotter than some parts of Sacramento #CA, but lower than Phoenix #AZ. Some clouds rolling in, so maybe we’ll have some overcast ... or maybe even a little rain. We have not yet had the traditional August rainstorm. (Cools things off that day, but then the next day or two return to full heat, only now they have humidity that feels akin to parts of #LA or #MS.)
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 15-Aug-2020 20:36:13 UTC
My #SoCal hometown is having another day that exceeds 100F / 38C outside. Inside temperature is 96F / 36C. Slightly hotter than some parts of Sacramento #CA, but lower than Phoenix #AZ. Some clouds rolling in, so maybe we’ll have some overcast ... or maybe even a little rain. We have not yet had the traditional August rainstorm. (Cools things off that day, but then the next day or two return to full heat, only now they have humidity that feels akin to parts of #LA or #MS.)
lnxw48a1: #LA man serving life sentence for $30 pot sale to be released. https://nu.federati.net/url/273830 [www katc com]
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 10-Aug-2020 20:59:31 UTC
#LA man serving life sentence for $30 pot sale to be released. https://nu.federati.net/url/273830 [www katc com]
lnxw48a1: > ... the [US] South and China, two places where people know how to eat. I haven't been to #China, so I have no opinion on their food (except I know it differs from what we know as #Chinese_food in the US). However, I have worked in #Alabama, #Mississippi, and #Louisiana. Overall, I was not impressed. #LA had the best food of the three, but it was usually so highly salted that I quickly went back to putting some rice, meat, and beans in a slow-cooker. The exception was lunchtime: whenever I could make it there, I went to a particular gas station in Baton Rouge to buy lunch. Imagine Popeye's Famous Louisiana chicken, but turned up to 11! (Or maybe Popeye's took the gas station recipe and dialed it down a notch or two.) Anyway, that was good, though that much fried food is naturally unhealthy. ( @p@freespeechextremist.com won't see this, but that's okay. )
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2020 05:13:32 UTC
> ... the [US] South and China, two places where people know how to eat. I haven't been to #China, so I have no opinion on their food (except I know it differs from what we know as #Chinese_food in the US). However, I have worked in #Alabama, #Mississippi, and #Louisiana. Overall, I was not impressed. #LA had the best food of the three, but it was usually so highly salted that I quickly went back to putting some rice, meat, and beans in a slow-cooker. The exception was lunchtime: whenever I could make it there, I went to a particular gas station in Baton Rouge to buy lunch. Imagine Popeye's Famous Louisiana chicken, but turned up to 11! (Or maybe Popeye's took the gas station recipe and dialed it down a notch or two.) Anyway, that was good, though that much fried food is naturally unhealthy. ( @p@freespeechextremist.com won't see this, but that's okay. )
lnxw48a1: #NOAA / #NHC Atlantic: #TD7 is now #TropStorm #Gonzalo, expected to become a hurricane tomorrow. There is still something spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico, heading WNW toward #TX and #LA, but its chances of becoming a damaging storm are low. Pacific: TropStorm #Douglas is now a #hurricane and still strengthening.https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 22-Jul-2020 16:46:34 UTC
#NOAA / #NHC Atlantic: #TD7 is now #TropStorm #Gonzalo, expected to become a hurricane tomorrow. There is still something spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico, heading WNW toward #TX and #LA, but its chances of becoming a damaging storm are low. Pacific: TropStorm #Douglas is now a #hurricane and still strengthening. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
lnxw48a1: Aerial footage of #LA flooding as #TropStorm #Cristobal comes in. https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_d60b3d1c-a92a-11ea-a88f-77f822ab558e.html [www nola com]
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 08-Jun-2020 03:27:41 UTC
Aerial footage of #LA flooding as #TropStorm #Cristobal comes in. https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_d60b3d1c-a92a-11ea-a88f-77f822ab558e.html [www nola com]
lnxw48a1: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/501592-tropical-storm-cristobal-makes-landfall-in-louisiana [thehill com] #TropStorm #Cristobal lands in #LA, brings flooding, rain, storm surge. #Louisiana #tropical #storm
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 08-Jun-2020 02:24:30 UTC
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/501592-tropical-storm-cristobal-makes-landfall-in-louisiana [thehill com] #TropStorm #Cristobal lands in #LA, brings flooding, rain, storm surge. #Louisiana #tropical #storm
lnxw48a1: https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_ef16de06-a8e9-11ea-85b4-03ec4831845e.html storm surge already reaching some areas, such as Biloxi, #MS. I haven’t heard anything about the levees in New Orleans, #LA, so I assume they don’t expect any problem.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 07-Jun-2020 20:52:55 UTC
https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_ef16de06-a8e9-11ea-85b4-03ec4831845e.html storm surge already reaching some areas, such as Biloxi, #MS. I haven’t heard anything about the levees in New Orleans, #LA, so I assume they don’t expect any problem.
lnxw48a1: Landfall in #LA expected about 19:00 CDT. Currently moving N 5MPH / 8 km/h. Winds up to 50 MPH / 85 km/h
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 07-Jun-2020 20:04:15 UTC
Landfall in #LA expected about 19:00 CDT. Currently moving N 5MPH / 8 km/h. Winds up to 50 MPH / 85 km/h
lnxw48a1: #TropStorm #Cristobal is in the Gulf of Mexico, heading N toward #LA, eastern #TX, #MS. Heavy rain also expected in #FL and #AL. Pay attention to the #NOAA / #NHC site: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 06-Jun-2020 18:08:48 UTC
#TropStorm #Cristobal is in the Gulf of Mexico, heading N toward #LA, eastern #TX, #MS. Heavy rain also expected in #FL and #AL. Pay attention to the #NOAA / #NHC site: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
lnxw48a1: #NOAA / #NHC forecasts for #TDCristobal to become #TropStorm #Cristobal, head for #LA, #AR; become a depression, go through #MO, possibly #IA, #IL, #WI. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/145021.shtml?cone#contents
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 05-Jun-2020 15:47:29 UTC
#NOAA / #NHC forecasts for #TDCristobal to become #TropStorm #Cristobal, head for #LA, #AR; become a depression, go through #MO, possibly #IA, #IL, #WI. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/145021.shtml?cone#contents
lnxw48a1: 84F in my room; 89F outside, heading for 94F. This is the beginning of the hot season. No, it is not as bad as being in #MS, #AL, #LA, or even the #CA Central Valley, but #SoCal still feels rather hot to me.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 04-Jun-2020 17:08:19 UTC
84F in my room; 89F outside, heading for 94F. This is the beginning of the hot season. No, it is not as bad as being in #MS, #AL, #LA, or even the #CA Central Valley, but #SoCal still feels rather hot to me.
lnxw48a1: Looking on the US "confirmed by population" map on the JHU site. Along with the NYC area, the Navajo / Hopi reservation area in #AZ and #NM seems to have some of the highest numbers of cases (per capita) in the nation. Also the New Orleans area of #LA and an area that looks like it overlaps southern #GA and #AL.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2020 17:00:22 UTC
Looking on the US "confirmed by population" map on the JHU site. Along with the NYC area, the Navajo / Hopi reservation area in #AZ and #NM seems to have some of the highest numbers of cases (per capita) in the nation. Also the New Orleans area of #LA and an area that looks like it overlaps southern #GA and #AL.
lnxw48a1: Got a call on the work cellphone from a #PR number; apparently someone working in #LA locked the keys in their vehicle. Uh, I'm not in #Louisiana (nor in #Puerto_Rico), so I cannot help. Gotta call someone who is there. (By the way, the caller was not from $EMPLOYER.)
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 21-Apr-2020 00:24:50 UTC
Got a call on the work cellphone from a #PR number; apparently someone working in #LA locked the keys in their vehicle. Uh, I'm not in #Louisiana (nor in #Puerto_Rico), so I cannot help. Gotta call someone who is there. (By the way, the caller was not from $EMPLOYER.)
lnxw48a1: I don't know what a "level 4" storm is, but apparently, they expect one tonight in #GA. Actually, I do have an idea: The #NOAA / #NWS / #SPC Storm Prediction Center has sent out #tornado watches in parts of #MS, #AL, #TN, AR, #LA ... so their alerts in Georgia are probably an extension of the same severe #t-storm system. S probably means that an EF4 tornado is possible.https://www.spc.noaa.gov/
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 12-Apr-2020 22:14:28 UTC
I don't know what a "level 4" storm is, but apparently, they expect one tonight in #GA. Actually, I do have an idea: The #NOAA / #NWS / #SPC Storm Prediction Center has sent out #tornado watches in parts of #MS, #AL, #TN, AR, #LA ... so their alerts in Georgia are probably an extension of the same severe #t-storm system. S probably means that an EF4 tornado is possible. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/
lnxw48a1: #Louisiana Governor signs lockdown order; #LA has the fastest growth rate for #COVID-19 / #2019-nCoV infections in the world. https://nu.federati.net/url/266031 [www msn com] #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 23-Mar-2020 01:17:29 UTC
#Louisiana Governor signs lockdown order; #LA has the fastest growth rate for #COVID-19 / #2019-nCoV infections in the world. https://nu.federati.net/url/266031 [www msn com] #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus
lnxw48a1: Think about this: according to US CDC, 81% of people globally do not wash their hands after they urinate or defecate. In some countries, they just do not have the infrastructure set up to allow that. But I noticed when I was working in #Baton_Rouge, #LA, one time that three out of five men did not even pretend to wash their hands. One out of five pretended, and one out of five actually did. As a fairly heavy coffee drinker, I spent a lot of time in the facilities "returning water", so I got pretty good at telling what was happening just by the sound. Think about that for a moment. In a government office in the US, handwashing rates were approximately the same as the global rate, which includes people in countries or areas where soap and running water are not available.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2020 20:25:29 UTC
Think about this: according to US CDC, 81% of people globally do not wash their hands after they urinate or defecate. In some countries, they just do not have the infrastructure set up to allow that. But I noticed when I was working in #Baton_Rouge, #LA, one time that three out of five men did not even pretend to wash their hands. One out of five pretended, and one out of five actually did. As a fairly heavy coffee drinker, I spent a lot of time in the facilities "returning water", so I got pretty good at telling what was happening just by the sound. Think about that for a moment. In a government office in the US, handwashing rates were approximately the same as the global rate, which includes people in countries or areas where soap and running water are not available.