Hopefully this WON'T be my last post for a while...

... But Baddboy has been ordered out of the area effective immediately. So we may not hear from him for a little while.

My casino is actively shutting down now, with complete gaming floor projected done by 3:00 AM and guest evac from the hotel by 7 AM. Or 9 depending on who you listen to. My room mate Leona is not so fortunate, and that leads to my rant for the evening.

Around this same time three years ago we DID NOT evacuate because by the time the casinos shut down, the interstates and highways were locked solid. Contraflow from LA begins in 90 minutes from me typing now. My chances of going north by the usual routes are nil. Going east to I 65 and eventually PA are severely hampered by the estimated 1 million people getting out of Louisiana. From Baton Rouge down to Morgan City to the MS border if they can't get north they're coming at us.

Had the casinos shut down as promised in our post Katrina world 72 hours before projected landfall, I'd be gone by now. As it stands landfall is noonish Monday. I'm inside a 36 hour window and it's looking bleak.

Just for reference sake, Had they shut this bitch down noon Friday, or 72 hours before projected landfall, I'd be IN PA right now or MN.

Someone tell me who is responsible for this? Is it the gaming commission? Is it the individual companies? Haley Barbour?

I do not think a union could have expedited this process any but times like this make me wonder at the callous and absolute uncaring nature of big business towards the "common person."

I don't need FEMA, I don't need big government hand outs or programs, but I would like the ability to take care of myself. And if that means government oversight for shutting down industry so I can TAKE care of myself, then so be it.