Hot Time In Old Havana Tonight!

Hurricane Ike is ripping through Cuba right now, and Havana is expected to get the punishing winds of a Catagory 3 hurricane. Check out this video (though in Spanish) it shows the enormity of the winds and the water that the people are facing.

My prediction is that if Cuba (Havana) receives much damage, President Raul Castro will allow aid from all countries, and ask for it specifically from the United States. If this happens, this will be the catalyst for renewed relations between the two countries. But, we'll see...

Thanks!

It's amazing that in all the time I have been running this blog, the most hits I've received have been since I uploaded pictures that I took at an event. John Stone (Curbstone Critic - r.i.p.) used to have fantastic pictures on his blog, and I think it has been missed.

Thanks to everyone for checking them out, I appreciate it. I hope you enjoyed looking at them as much as I enjoyed taking them.

-- MR

Springfield Labor Day Parade 2008 - My Pictures

Hats off to the working men and women of the Ozarks - we ALL deserve a day to celebrate our hard-earned accomplishments. You can check out "MY PHOTOS" for all of the one's I took today. I was especially proud to see / meet fellow blogger Jim Lee - aka - BUS PLUNGE