[concrete is my business]

My short term memory is not that great but I know I thought NO was in big trouble right from the start and did not believe the many reports after the storm that NO was going to be OK. I recall one reason I did not believe those reports was because of Joe Bastardi on Accuweather. The guy is good. I seem to recall his warnings were precise and that included the warning about the amount of water that would be draining into the lake above NO after this monster hurricane.

[yoe]

"Mr. Bastardi is one of the most influential forecasters in the business. He is referred to as "almost a legend" by colleagues. Even false reports that he has changed his outlook tend to have a noticeable effect in the natural gas pits of the New York Mercantile Exchange." - Dow Jones/AP, November 22, 2004

I began to pay attention to this man when he made reporters put the brakes on their sensationalized reports of hurricanes etc. A man you can trust.