And now for something completely different...

It's definitly time for a change of pace here on this "blog", so here's the number one most requested item from my old website. Stormy pics!

In this pic you can see Stormy's "teen-age" eyes are yellow with a green reflection (especially when she's wild). When she reaches 2 years old, her eyes will change from yellow to green. I don't know what color they will reflect when that happens. 

This is Trey with his girlfriend sharing some dinner. Stormy considers herself "a people" and feels entitles to all the benefits thereof. 

This was the advertised pic of Stormy, it's not actually her, but looks amazingly like her. Kittens sometimes have bright blue eyes when they're born, but it quickly wears off. 

"Pine Cat"... Stormy loved our Christmas Tree so much, I don't think we took it down until summer :) 

This image of New Orleans clearly shows how deep the water flooding the streets is in some places, with an overpass system being the only pavement visible, and some of that only barely. 

More MSNBC excerpts:

Aerial footage showed most of New Orleans under water and mile after mile of coastline in Mississippi and Alabama wiped out. Debris from flattened buildings littered streets, and the smell of natural gas from broken lines wafted through the air. In Gulfport, Miss., a casino was lifted out of the water and onto a hotel.

“At first light, the devastation is greater than our worst fears. It’s just totally overwhelming,” Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said

Little islands of red ants floated in the gasoline-fouled waters through downtown.

Teresa Kavanagh, of Biloxi, shook her head is disbelief as she took photographs of the damage in her hometown. “Total devastation. Apartment complexes are wiped clean. We’re going to rebuild, but it’s going to take a long time. Houses that withstood Camille are nothing but slab now,”

All that remained of one hotel was the toilets.

This underpass is now completely underwater, entirely from the flooding rains. 

This house, which floated on the storm-tossed waters for a while, finally begins to sink. 

This house was ripped from it's foundation and floating away, but it's trip was brought to an end by a freeway overpass. Seconds after this picture was taken, the house was thrown against the roadway and destroyed. 

A view of what used to be the Sadler Apartments on the beach in Biloxi, Miss., after Katrina destroyed them and nearly 100 condominiums, killing an estimated minimum of 30 people. You can clearly see where the walls and appliances used to be on the ground floor. 

NBC's Kerry Sanders, reporting from a helicopter above the city, said �it's basically one giant lake here in New Orleans.� 

Katrina Devastation

Excerpts from MSNBC's news coverage:

"No deaths have been officially confirmed in Louisiana, but New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said bodies were floating in high waters that covered most of the city."

“The city of New Orleans is in a state of devastation. We probably have 80 percent of our city under water, with some sections of our city the water is as deep as 20 feet. We still have many of our residents on roofs,” he said. “Both airports are under water.”

Katrina

After spending literally all day Sunday researching hurricanes in general and Katrina-like hurricanes in particular, I am VERY happy that the storm took a last minute bend to the east and missed New Orleans. From looking at my research, if Katrina had made a direct hit on the city, there wouldn't be much left, and few who stayed behind would be alive. Luckily, instead, it looks like Mississippi got hit the hardest, and while I'm sure there will be substantial loss of life from this storm, it will probably be in the hundreds, not the tens of thousands. For those of you who are religious, please stick a mention of my friend Warchicken in your thoughts, he goes to college to the north west of New Orleans, and while I doubt his area sustained much serious damage, storms are completely unpredictable, and I won't be satisfied until he reappears on Guild Wars. For those of you who live within 300 miles of the gulf or atlantic coasts, or anywhere else that you think it remotely possible you might get the leftovers of a hurricane, please take the time to read through the guide posted below. This guide encapsulates all of the lessons that Florida learned the hard way in 2004. Please believe me that there is stuff in there that people who have never been through a serious hurricane wouldn't even think of doing, because Central Florida didn't think of it either, and we've seen many tropical storms. I know that there will be a great deal of damage and deaths in the path of Katrina that could have been avoided if people in that area knew what was in this guide.

OrlandoSentinel.com: HURRICANE GUIDE

OrlandoSentinel.com: HURRICANE GUIDE

This is the Wall of Honor at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center. The panels that are built into the arch in the foreground are for famous aviation pioneers. My name is on the third closest panel on the left along the walkway :D 

This is a close-up of the Wall of Honor at the National Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center. The names on this wall are either aviation celebrities or people who contributed towards the construction of the museum. You can guess which I am ;) 

This is a P-40 Warhawk at the National Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center. This particular aircraft is painted to resemble Lope's Hope, the aircraft belonging to Donald S. Lopez of the Flying Tigers, who now works at the museum 

This is a view of the Blue Ridge mountains from Skyline Drive, elevation about 3,400 feet 

This is TwinKiss Ice Cream Parlor, the best soft-serve ice cream in the world, they have a garage full of arcade games, a paddock full of whitetail, and many peaceful spots to enjoy your ice cream 

This is a Whitetail deer at TwinKiss Ice Cream parlor, these deer (including rare albinos) are kept in a paddock so children can feed and pet them while enjoying their ice cream 

This is an F4U Corsair in the National Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center 

This is my home in Chambersburg PA, where I grew up 

New!!

Well, I was shopping through all of Google's EXCELLENT software and found this, so I decided to (finally) make a BLOG. Please don't worry, this will be more than just a useless spewing of personal angst, I intend to use this in the same way I used imperfectsense.info, by posting as much useful information and as many useful links as possible.