Hurricanes

Ara And Family OK, B.R. LA Cleaning Up

Sep 2nd, 2008 | By Mark | Category: Hurricanes, Lead Article

By Mark
After surviving 90 mph sustained winds as Hurricane Gustav pounded Baton Rouge, LA for a “six hour nightmare”, Ara called me on that cool phone of his to let me — and you — know he and Miss Julie are fine.  The cats made it too without too much damage to the house.
“Total mahem,” [...]



Gustav: Baton Rouge Waits (VIDEO)

Aug 31st, 2008 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Hurricanes, Lead Article, Louisiana

Here’s some video I shot this morning where I live in Baton Rouge.
Although it is not directly on the Gulf Coast, Baton Rouge (largest city in Louisiana) is in the path of Hurricane Gustav (“X” marks the spot, below).

I will try to provide ongoing video clips as the storm advances. Since I can only post [...]



Hurricane Gustav: I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue

Aug 27th, 2008 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Hurricanes, Lead Article, Louisiana

Here we go again.
Long time readers know that I live in Baton Rouge and have lived through Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. So this isn’t exactly a new experience for us down here. Also, I work in the emergency management industry. So I get a front-row seat for this sort of thing.
In other words, I’m in [...]



I hate insurance companies like other people hate the government

Feb 15th, 2007 | By Ara | Category: Business, Corruption, Health Care, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricanes


Holy crap! Here we go again: Ernesto is on the way

Aug 25th, 2006 | By Ara | Category: About Me, Hurricanes, Louisiana