10:30pm

Rain continues outside and the wind is picking up.  Last note had the wind at 61 mph sustained at the airport.  The storm keeps moving to the west northwest and bouncing along the coast line.  New Orleans has been spared the majority of the bad weather, but the night is still young.

Hotel is shut down, we are confinied to our floors for the most part though the stairwells are available if we want to use them.  Watch how fast I move.

Switched news channels.  The constant negativeness of the first channel was getting tiresome.  Dropped one down to a rivial station where they are actually smiling, cracking jokes and giving positive news.  Might be fluff might not be, but hey, it's something different.

280,000+ without power in the state right now.  Every time they show the map of New Orleans and where is without power and where there is, my little area is still green.  Maybe I should rent myself out as good luck for areas.

Curfew is in effect everywhere but New Orleans, the new news station is really enjoying going downtown to Canal street to all the people that are hanging out in the hotel parking areas (they are covered) and watching a billboard get torn apart.

Issac from space isn't that interesting.  I usually like space weather shots, but this is really a oh hum image.

The ground is overly saturated from almost daily rain for 6 weeks and flooding is really becoming a concern for the areas below New Orleans.  Tonight will be a tell-tale time period with the track of the storm and what happens.  Right now, it appears the worst thing New Orleans will have is some minor wind damage and power outages.