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Norfolk looks bad, based on photos from friends. Still no cable so I haven't seen Seidel standing in the surf fully clothed gasping and stammering for almost 12 hours now. I know what Dan is saying about folks not respecting weather, but it is folks like Seidel that set up shots into the wind, camera 100 yards away to decrease visibility etc that piss me off. Lots of reports of downed trees in Richmond VA. Lots of reports of downed trees AND widespread flooding in Norfolk VA. Please folks, take this situation seriously and encourage others to do so. Neal you seem to have a grasp on the situation. Keep us posted from up there. We've had dry bands for hours now! Still windy, and I'm still pumping water!

The worst is behind us here. Still experiencing gusts. A couple of the older piers at Atlantic and Emerald lost their ends. We have minimal debris. No downed trees. Just leaves and pine tags. My neighbor has a couple of decent sized pine limbs in the yard. I'm pumping water from my crawl space with a sump pump. Flooding in low lying areas will be the biggest risk. The Outer Banks are extremely vulnerable to this storm, as is the northern neck region of VA and the Eastern Shore. I am thankful that the storm had weakened as much as it has, but the amount of rainfall and surge it will bring to coastal areas has major potential for disaster. Dr. Lyons gave a 20% chance of surge compromising Manhattan flood walls and flooding subway. I hope your mother fares well Dan. I hope my experience just 50 miles from landfall is comforting.

Are you actually almost 800?! I knew there was something about you. Baby Face Milazzo. Happy Birthday!

To which I said hell yeah Hell yeah chewy chew chew!

In my experience, being in the northeastern quadrant of a hurricane is the most violent. The eye wall has collapsed and data suggests that this storm will not be able to stay as organized as it has, nor will it continue to gain strength. That is good news, except that the storm surges are estimated to be closer to those of a Cat4. This is a very high New Moon tide. Wherever the storm is during a crest will bring significant coastal flooding. Enough to change the coastline. I don't think anyone is suggesting that people should disregard warning, just that TWC has gone over the top with coverage of this particular storm. For better or for worse. No need to wish that someone's life is destroyed for lack of judgement. As you said, most regions are not accustomed to hurricanes.

Without power, they'll be eating bread... Flash flooding here and there in the usual low areas of town. We are still in the early stages where a band of heavy rain and strong gusts run through. Its just me at the house right now, so I'm playing One Down, One Up pretty loud and looking at maps.

Hurricanes are part of the deal down here. This storm seems to be particularly hyped by TWC. Over time, I'm afraid that this will turn into a cry wolf scenario and people will not take these storms seriously. If you understand anything about hurricanes, it is that they are extremely unpredictable up until 24 hours of landfall. Even now, this storm is turning further east. It may come back. It may move due north. Either way, folks that are in a warning or watch zone need to be prepared for the worst. Help your elderly neighbors to be sure they have their medications refilled for the week, etc. The outer bands have started here. Driving rain, swirling winds with low gusts. I'm off to the store for beer and non-perishables. Everyone please be proactive and stay safe. p.s. I'm a big fan of wundermap and the wunderground blogs. My wife also works for the county, so we are getting regular .ppt reports from emergency response and noaa with a significantly less sensational tone than what TWC is delivering.

I think it should go without saying, but I'm sure we all do. All of it.

Yep! Jack wins a good old-fashioned bender.

Noj beat me to the Betty Page answer...

Hahahahaha!

After watching Imagine The Sound via iTunes, I would love to see this documentary made available there as well. So easy.

Thanks for that Les Baxter link TTK!

Cool controller. I have a friend who plays keys and uses Ableton with his Rhodes/synth set-up. Lately, he has been exploring monome controllers. Lots of new devices and methods out there these days.

He's going to kill you anyway. You just witnessed an execution style murder. This kind of thing doesn't end well, regardless of your taste in good music.

My brother and I watched this together last night. What an amazing film! For both of us, it was like hearing Cecil Taylor for the first time somehow. Whoa. Beautiful! Everything about this film is top notch. Thanks for the heads up.

New View, IMO, is a wonderful album.

Not just the nickname... the address in Kent, WA and the name William Barton. An active uploader, according to the indictment, which lists dates. He very well could have been uploading this shit while reading org...

infants. infants. dear lord. this is just depressing.

I just realize that no one has mentioned The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra! On Savoy, reissued by Denon. This is a fantastic disc that feaures the wonderful variety that he and his band were capable of and some really great piano playing by Sonny. This would actually be a great starter album! Hell, it might even change your mind Leeway! Sounding damn good over here tonight!

Congrats!

I had been eyeing the Sun Ra row in the closet for a few weeks now, but it wasn't until just now that I felt the need to get there. Supersonic Jazz to ease me back in. Man, such fine music. Thanks everyone for bringing him back into my orbit.

ha! Perfect Shawn.

Not my first chance at being aware, just my most recent. I'm cool. I'm just not an angry person. I've tried it before here and there. It sucked.