09-05-2006, 04:27 PM
Aloha Jerry and Toucano. Yes, there are hazards in Southern California as well --mostly the hideously indifferent attitude of other Southern Californians as they sweep past you at 95 mph! We all know about the hazards of New Orleans. The big one, hurricanes, are actually pretty infrequent -- a few times in a lifetime. Crime is actually the bigger threat there.
Yes, I DO remember Ruthie the Duck Lady. I inquired about her recently and heard that a benefactor had provided a place for her in a nursing home (without the ducks). The Lucky Bead Lady is long gone. I made the mistake of crossing her once. She put some bad gris-gris on me, but I'm all better now, having done my penance.
New Orleans in the Eighties was incredible. I got pulled their by a lover, when I was living in San Francisco. I thought I had descended to the lower rungs of hell. And then one day, I got it. I left for many years and then it pulled me back. Went bonkers and bought a condo there. THAT was fun. Sold it after Hurricane Ivan --the one that no one remembers, but which threatened to take out the city. It took a hard right turn at Grand Isle and spare the city for another year.
As for risk zones, I don't think I can do Zone 3 cuz I gotta have non-catchment water (I can't even take care of my contact lenses, so I am pretty sure I couldn't keep my water pure). Private or County water only exists in Zones 2 and 1 (won't do 1!!!).
I am going to make a trip there. I need to find more slightly off center people like myself, now that New Orleans has been destroyed.
Yes, I DO remember Ruthie the Duck Lady. I inquired about her recently and heard that a benefactor had provided a place for her in a nursing home (without the ducks). The Lucky Bead Lady is long gone. I made the mistake of crossing her once. She put some bad gris-gris on me, but I'm all better now, having done my penance.
New Orleans in the Eighties was incredible. I got pulled their by a lover, when I was living in San Francisco. I thought I had descended to the lower rungs of hell. And then one day, I got it. I left for many years and then it pulled me back. Went bonkers and bought a condo there. THAT was fun. Sold it after Hurricane Ivan --the one that no one remembers, but which threatened to take out the city. It took a hard right turn at Grand Isle and spare the city for another year.
As for risk zones, I don't think I can do Zone 3 cuz I gotta have non-catchment water (I can't even take care of my contact lenses, so I am pretty sure I couldn't keep my water pure). Private or County water only exists in Zones 2 and 1 (won't do 1!!!).
I am going to make a trip there. I need to find more slightly off center people like myself, now that New Orleans has been destroyed.