the background music to the coverage of hurricane katrina is a swirling string section maelstrom with an ominous horn section swelling behind it. think an alfred hitchcock soundtrack overlaid with beethoven's symphony no. 9.
oh, the drama.
the "hurricane hunters" are all standing in the middle of the street in 100mph winds grinning insanely as if from a crack high, jubilantly reporting on any damage caused by the storm.
"part of the superdome just blew off!" [shit eating grin]
"a levee just breached, and water is pouring into new orleans!" [giggle]
"highway 90 is completely submerged under the swirling sea!" [dazzling smile]
"tornado warning!" [shiny happy people holding hands!]
"it's all going downhill in a hurry!" [whoo! let's do the macarena!]
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SHIIIIIIIITTT!" [boogadaboogadaboogada! cha cha cha!]
oh, it's too much. i'm sitting in my living room in new jersey eating dunkin' donuts watching the men and women in blue raincoats dance around and revel in the destruction. it appears that they are visibly disappointed that the eye of the storm isn't hitting new orleans directly.
speaking of new orleans... a conversation i had earlier this morning:
me: "what kind of idiots would build an entire city on the coast below sea level?"
girlfriend: [without skipping a beat] "the french."
classic.
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