headin' home

[marathoner452]

The word is that we'll be allowed back into New Orleans as of midnight Thursday.  I am sorely tempted to be waiting at the checkpoint when it opens but in the interest of not arriving back in the neighborhood in the middle of the night sans electricity my plan at this point is to wait until early Thursday morning to leave Birmingham.  Like 4 or 5 am early in the interest of avoiding as much traffic as possible.  You'd better believe I'll be playing New Orleans music all the way.

The Meters
Harry Connick, Jr.
Morning 40 Federation
Hot 8 Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Louis Armstrong

Woo hoo!  We are coming home!

http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2008/09/with_electricity_still_sporadi.html

"If you don't have a generator to run an air conditioner, it's going to be awfully hot and humid," St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro said. "This is not an environment for everyone. It's for those who absolutely feel like they must return."

And I do.  I love you New Orleans.