Category Archives: Louisiana

Debate Watch Party, Louisiana Style #rsrh

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Steve Maley

Judging from the picture below, it looks like they’re expecting quite a crowd. I’ll be arriving early so I can park in the driveway.

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Drain the Swamp

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Steve Maley

The heroes of Flight 93 didn’t have a week to conclude we were under attack on September 11, 2001. The attacks had no precedent. Flight 93’s passengers had scant shreds of information but a ton of common sense and the … Continue reading →

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I Told You So Part DCCXXI: Bacteria ate ~60% of BP Spill’s oil #rsrh

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Steve Maley

Research indicates bacteria broke down majority of Gulf oil spill “According to an assessment spearheaded by Rochester’s John Kessler, as much as 200,000 tons or more of oil and natural gas might have been consumed, leaving only around two-fifths of … Continue reading →

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Deanie’s in Bucktown

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Steve Maley
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Let the punishment fit the crime: “Choot ’em!” #rsrh

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Steve Maley

Alligator Buyers Robbed “St. Mary Parish sheriff’s investigators are looking for three men accused of taking $6,500 and cell phones from alligator buyers in Morgan City. “Sheriff’s spokeswoman Traci Landry says three alligator buyers were winding up a day of … Continue reading →

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Here comes Isaac! #rsrh

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Steve Maley

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?station=pill1&meas=wdpr&uom=E&time_diff=-5&time_label=CDT Five-day wind and pressure plot for Pilottown, LA, at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Update: 17:00 CDT Here’s the image just before 14:00 CDT Tuesday. Steady winds of 45 kts, gusts to 55, barometric pressure 29.13 in and … Continue reading →

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Times (sic) Picayune (sic) #rsrh #RSG12

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Steve Maley

http://blog.nola.com/politics/print.html?entry=/2012/07/gov_jindal_off_to_attend_repub.html Gov. Jindal off to attend Republican governors functions, other out-of-state meetings through Saturday “BATON ROUGE — It was wheels up again Tuesday for Gov. Bobby Jindal, who began a five-day trip out of state to attend Republican Party functions. … Continue reading →

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Echoes of the Past

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Steve Maley

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Corn ethanol, fertilizer runoff & the Gulf Dead Zone. #rsrh

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Steve Maley

http://impact.nola.com/environment/print.html?entry=/2012/07/dead_zone_pollutant_nitrate_gr.html Dead zone pollutant grows despite decades of work “Farm fertilizer and livestock manure are the two biggest sources of total nitrogen in the Missouri River watershed, together responsible for 70 percent, according to 2011 USGS data. A 2008 study … Continue reading →

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Natural Gas Economics: A Look Under the Hood

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Steve Maley

Christmas comes in June for energy geeks and graph junkies. Every year, the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy releases its Annual Energy Outlook (AEO), a compendium of 30-tear forecasts and analyses of energy sources and uses. The … Continue reading →

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