BSM Not Covering Damage Caused By Gustav by: ryan Mon Sep 08, 2008 at 13:43:21 PM CDT So I made it back to New Orleans late last night, to find that all the grocery stores were closed - Whole Foods just because, and Winn-Dixie because they didn't have a damn thing left on the shelves last night that was non-perishable.  I'm sticking to non-perishables until Hurricane Ike gets its ass far away from the shores of Louisiana.   Anyway, here are some photos of what Baton Rouge looks like in the aftermath of Gustav ... I stole these photos from the following places ... bmooneyatwork, dermoidhome, Baton Rouge Business Report: Traffic into Baton Rouge this morning - where I attend LSU Law - was horrendous.  The traffic lights on College ain't working, and I was actually impressed that the folks of Baton Rouge, normally a wild lot on the streets, were generally calm and moving in an orderly fashion. But holy cow, did Baton Rouge get WHACKED.  Driving the main roads means dealing with everyone and their mama, but driving the local roads means driving through an obstacle course of downed trees, and Entergy worker-ants fixing the power lines, not to mention other drivers.   For more coverage and photos of what happened in Alexandria, go to CenLamar, where Lamar and Dan are covering the aftermath way better than the national folks. And pray tell, where the FUCK is the coverage by the Bullshit Media on the damage suffered by folks in Baton Rouge, Acadiana, Lafayette, Alexandria, and Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, where Gustav made landfall?  All I've heard is that "oh, New Orleans survived."  Yeah, it escaped relatively unscathed.  But the state of Louisiana is a whole LOT MORE than just New Orleans.  It's a big-ass state, with some 2.8 4.3 million people living in it, which means roughly 2.5 4 million folks that don't live in New Orleans.  Again, where is the coverage?   ryan :: BSM Not Covering Damage Caused By Gustav Tags: Alexandria, CenLamar, Lafourche Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Acadiana, Baton Rouge, Hurricane Gustav, 2008, louisiana, (All Tags) Print Friendly View Send As Email BSM Not Covering Damage Caused By Gustav | 6 comments by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment West Feliciana (0.00 / 1) My husband and I drove back Friday from north Alabama, and we passed through West Feliciana parish, which had a lot of fallen trees, and the entire parish seemed to be without power. by: Clancy @ Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 01:39:28 AM UTC by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment First-rate diary! (0.00 / 1) I'd been planning on cross-posting the diary I posted on Daily Kos earlier this afternoon about the MSM's silence on Louisiana, but you stole my thunder. Can you still use it? by: Louisiana 1976 @ Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 20:01:50 PM UTC by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment On second thought I decided..... (0.00 / 1) I'd post it because it's from a different perspective and goes into things like the way people are stressed out this storm season. by: Louisiana 1976 @ Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 20:05:59 PM UTC by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment Go for it ... (0.00 / 1) This is a forum ... I welcome more views on the lack of coverage by the BSM. "I was against NAFTA and CAFTA, and I'll be against SHAFTA." by: ryan @ Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 20:49:08 PM UTC [ Parent ] by: you @ soon To post this comment click here: Otherwise click cancel. You must enter a subject for your comment BSM Not Covering Damage Caused By Gustav | 6 comments

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