Shit.

I've never looked at a projected path so many times -- as if staring at it long enough can make the cone move more west. Who cares about Texas.

I hate that they talk about the hurricane as if it's some interesting and fun natural phenomenon with "impressive" high winds and "amazing growth in the last four hours."

What is impressive is how smoothly the New Orleans evacuations seem to be going (from what's being said on the news) -- and how many times the Weather Channel can create videos reporting on the same situation, with a new fact thrown in here and there for variety.

It's got worried saps like me glued to its web site.

When I called Diana, who lives down there, on Friday, she sounded rushed but not shaken. She said she was at work and they were talking about their evacuation plans. She made it sound like something they do every Friday.

I don't know where she is now.

You can't reason with a hurricane, you can't threaten to sue for damages. I wish I could at least plead with him to leave New Orleans alone.

Otherwise I have to move to Brooklyn -- and then I'll be in purgatory.

No new videos up yet on the Weather Channel. Just some photos of impressively ominous clouds from Florida.