Gawker can burn too…

Gawker is doing this sometimes funny, sometimes inane ranking of the states based on no criteria whatsoever. It is funny when they are talking about other more horrible states. But not when they talk about my beloved Delaware.

Charlie Copeland, on behalf of the people of Delaware, go straight to Hell and burn.

The impervious duPont heir thinks Governor Markell is wrong to think about people's safety and their well being, and has criticized the Governor for closing state offices in all three counties today at noon in advance of the hurricane, sending all non essential employees home to prepare for the storm and get to safety if they are under an evacuation order

Hurricane Prep Open Thread

I think that we are conditioned by TV news to think that weather events like this approaching storm are over-hyped, ratings-chasing, bullshit. I hope that this storm turns out to be over-hyped, ratings-chasing, bullshit.

Hurricane Checklist

Here is a super-paranoid version cribbed from a dkos diary. The basics: [ ]Flashlights [ ] batteries [ ] candles [ ] Battery-operated radio and/or TV. [ ] More batteries…