[papertyger]

At any rate, I expect neither to receive or to give apologies and never have seen much point in such things.

Color me shocked!

First, that in your wildest imagination you would even entertain the misguided notion you might merit any manner of apology by anyone on this thread. And second, that you would dismiss your debt to make apologies with such easy hauteur.

The "point" is probably something you will never understand...suffice to say it is a contributer to why My Favorite Headache will continue to enjoy credibility on this forum while you will treated with contempt.

[George W. Bush]

Color me shocked!

When the day comes that any news story can't affford to have its tires kicked it will be time for JimRob to close up shop.

Despite some of the anecdotal stories going around now, I'll be waiting for official death tolls to tell us whether the four named communities and the (still) unnamed three beach communities have a combined death toll of more than two thousand deaths.

I expect it will be at least a week before we have even an initial indication, perhaps a month before all the bodies are found and counted.

And I remain hopeful, just as I did during 9/11, that the final death toll is far lower than many people here apparently want to believe due to the initial reporting.

[George W. Bush]

I think Barbour just said on NBC that they had 12 deaths a hundred miles inland from the coast due to high winds. It doesn't sound right but I'm pretty sure that's what he said (was typing a reply when he started).