top 10 things not to do on tv, part 3: no f-bombs

This, ladies and gentlemen, is why you don't stay when a gigantic hurricane is coming toward you. This picture, from WFOR in New Orleans, is a collapsed apartment building. Inside those doors on the first floor is a person who rode out the storm. There are tons of buildings just like these. Hotels with windows blown out. Massive flooding. Cars floating through the streets. I've never understood why, when given two days to pack up and get out, people choose to stay. It's not like a tornado, where you have 10 minutes to grab a flashlight and your dog and get to the basement. There have been tons of reports of requested rescues today because people decided to stay in their homes. New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, Mobile...all destroyed. Which brings me to my next topic. When reporters ask you why you chose to stay instead of leave, "none of your f---in' business" is NOT an appropriate answer. That's what a partier on the French Quarter Sunday told Fox News' Shepard Smith...on live television, no less. I've got to hand it to the emergency officials, who are doing all they can. This is going to be a slow, painful cleanup for a lot of people, and devastating to Gulf Coast tourism.

Hurricane-related random thoughts for today:

-Since the roof was ripped off the Superdome, what does that mean for the New Orleans Saints? Oh well, they're not that good anyway...

-Why on earth, when a gigantic hurricane is coming, would you choose to sit in a daiquiri bar and get to shelter "sometime later?" That's dangerous.

-To all the people on the roofs of their homes, with hammers and crowbars, waiting to be rescued: take a number. There are going to be bigger priorities first. You could have left, but didn't.

-To the state of Mississippi, who announced that looters would be shot: It's about time someone got tough on these lowlifes.

-To the people who did leave, and will be coming home to this: I applaud you for leaving, and I hope you're able to rebuild. The Gulf Coast is beautiful.

Those are all my hurricane-related thoughts for now. More later.

-K