Everyone else is covering the impending hurricane strike on New Orleans in more detail, so there’s not much point in my doing so. I don’t have family or friends living there, but we have a lot of folks in my company in the NO area, and a major office in Baton Rouge. Thoughts and prayers extend that direction, regardless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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