exodus

[threeplusfire]

They are shuttling thousands of people to Houston to stay in the Astrodome. There are shelters set up here in Austin taking in people who fled the coast before and after the storm. It's funny, the things you don't think about. We can't reach anyone from Lousiana CPS, and who knows what is going on there. Tulane hospital is sending flights of infants from their neonatal ICU to Texas. Some of them are children in Lousiana custody, and now they are becoming ours while this disaster sorts itself out. It's very weird, and hectic.

Tonight is the last night I can smoke in an Austin bar, so I think I'll go have a drink. From here on, it's smoking at home or in bars outside the city.

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[violetdusk.livejournal.com]

Visit Ego's tonight (Congress and Riverside) for the Smoke Slam (poetry slam). It will be awesome. And tons of fun. Also, video feed live from Nola here http://old.mises.org:88/NO2 and a blog here http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/

They are holed up in a building recording everything firsthand. I can't look away.

[n-o-m-i-c.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the head's up. I wanted to go somewhere but I had no idea about specifics. Ego's is nice and close to home.

[n-o-m-i-c.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about going out tonight for the same reason.

People will still be able to smoke on outside patios, right? Not that it helps one of my favorite venues (Parish/Mercury)...

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Yes, you can still smoke outside so long as you are 15 feet from the door. I suppose it is a good thing they block of 6th, everyone will be standing in the streets.