[Dog Gone]

Tropical weather didn't really interest me until I was at ground zero for Hurricane Andrew in Louisiana. After that experience I started learning as much as I could. LSU has some great resources on its website.

The studies about New Orleans were intriguing and so when I saw this article a few years ago, I posted it. It wasn't a premonition or anything like that.

[Southack]

And yet, even with days and days of advance notice (and deaths in Florida from Katrina), able-bodied people chose to *stay* in that bowl during a Cat4/5 hurricane.

Pat O'Brien's...the drink has now outlived the bar.