Little bit of wind, little bit of rain. While I am far from thrilled to be here, it is still awesome to see how low and fast the clouds move.

I've noticed that the national coverage of this storm is extremely pessimistic, while the local coverage is very even keeled, cautious, but optimistic. CNN was still showing Gustav as a category 4, long after it had been down-graded to a category 3. The national news is also focusing on "New Orleans." The city itself is not in the eye of the storm (it is still in danger, but not in the bull's eye as it was for Katrina), but Houma, Lafitte, and Arabi are going to get hid hard. They are wonderful towns with very vibrant and strong communities. The parts of the national news that I've seen has not given any attention to them. Just be aware that the cable news networks are bombastic when it comes to disasters. They will say almost anything to cause more panic. If you want a realistic account of what's going on, I would go to www.wwltv.com or any of the other local news stations.