Our internet and news teams are continuously feeding www.ktbs.com with the latest information on Gustav.  Please check for updates on shelters, evacuees, the storm’s path, etc.  We’re on your side.

The staggering numbers of people having to leave their homes along the gulf coast!  Of course, we’re hoping for the best and that those improved levees hold.  But with the possibility of not having a home upon return, how do you decide what do you take with you?  

Evacuees from Katrina packed the basics for clothing and survival.  Some told me they grabbed pictures, financial documents and sentimental items. 

How do you decide what to leave and what to take with you?     

Let’s go ahead an announce a winner before things get too crazy with Gustav.  Congrats to theD1 for the winning caption.  Thanks to all you romantics for your entries!  theD1 wins a sherritalley.com t-shirt, which I hope he’ll agree to sport and feature in the gallery!

Sorry for being so absent with posts here lately.  We’ve been fully engulfed in Gustav coverage at the station.  One of my main jobs is to work with our team in keeping you up to date on KTBS 24 Hour News Now www.ktbs.com .  Today, we told you the LSU game has been moved up to 10:00 in the morning.  The first busloads of evacuees from south Louisiana is arriving in Shreveport for shelter this evening.  We have crews on the way toward Gustav.  Check in during the next few days on www.chrisredford.com and www.morningguyed.com for blogs on coverage. 

It’ll be a long, laborious weekend for us.  How about you?  Do you have evacuees/friends coming in from the gulf region?  Going to the LSU game?  How will you be affected, if at all? 

“I dig the evil vs. holy depiction.”  –Suzie Talley 07-02-08

“God gets all excited when you trust Him.  He’s jumping up and down and His white robe is flappin’ in the wind.”  –Suzie Talley 07-05-08

“You have a nature deficit.  That’s what’s wrong.  You need to get back to nature.”  –J.J. Lewis 07-24-08

“You shook your head and small children in Bangladesh cried in awe.”  –Patrick Netherton 08-26-08

North Carolina man uses Barbie fishing rod to make record catch

The Associated Press
Originally published 12:34 p.m., August 22, 2008
Updated 12:34 p.m., August 22, 2008

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission

David Hayes holds his state record-breaking channel catfish while his 3-year-old granddaughter Alyssa holds the Barbie rod and reel that Hayes used to reel in the 21-pound, 1 ounce fish in Elkin, N.C.

Who’s running the show here anyway? Does your pet run your life?  Mine does. 

Spuff, named after a childhood white cat where my parents couldn’t agree on a name (Dad wanted to name it Spot.  Mom wanted to name it Fluff), climbs up on the neighbor’s roof and yells really loud meows that would wake the dead until I get up and rescue her. 

The Rescue involves getting a big painting that somone did from a picture of me my brother had.  He did it in a Nagel style.  In the 1980s.  I use it almost nightly to save Spuff’s life. 

As you can see, if I rescued Spuff with the painting face up, she probably wouldn’t slide down.  Nothing against the artist.  I just have some features so sharp they could cut you.  And they’re emphasized here.   

And while we’re talking cuts, I sustain major scratches getting Spuff from the painting to the ground with one hand. 

All in a day’s work.  Someone has to save lives while providing entertainment for the neighborhood. 

So, I’m wondering what you go through for your pet.