PointNiner On Gustav

You won't hear much on Hurricane Gustav here at PointNiner. The national media has it pretty well covered. The closure of the airports, the airlifting of evacuees, the Air Force delivering supplies, the damage to aircraft. All of these are great aviation-related stories, but right now PointNiner will just be sitting back and watching what happens. New Orleans is and always will be a very special town to me. I was born there, my family is from there, and I've always considered it my real home as I grew up all over the country. That's why I just want to see what happens for now. My thoughts and prayers go out to the citizens of this fine town and everyone on the Gulf Coast, whether they have evacuated or are trying to ride out the storm.

Good Luck, New Orleans and may Godspeed.

Here are a couple pics from a few months after Hurricane Katrina that I took. Hopefully, Gustav will have a bit more mercy.

That's me with a dumb look on my face at the 17th St Canal breach site.

Some tangled mess of an aircraft at Lakefront Airport.

The old Million Air hangar at Lakefront Airport.

Another view of the same hangar.

What was left of Hangar 17.

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Teens Face Charges in Big Easy Bag Carousel Caper

Now here's a lovely story from birthplace and home-away-from-home of this particular blogger. A couple of teenage boys were arrested on Sunday at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans after they took a ride on a baggage carousel and ended up in a secure portion of the airport according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The two were charged with unauthorized entry of a business and were held overnight in lieu of $1,000 bond. They had reportedly been sitting on baggage carousel number 5 when it started and transported the teens behind the wall into a "sterile area" of the airport. When an employee told the two to get off the belt, they ignored the request and tried to hide from airport officials in a restroom where they were ultimately found by deputies. Ironically, these two "criminals" were traveling through the airport on a church trip. When the New Orleans newspaper The Times-Picayune tried to make contact with one of the teen's mother the next day for a comment regarding the incident, she told them she wasn't even aware her son had been arrested. Whoops.

(The Times-Picayune)

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