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Dear Hurricane Humberto: Stay the Hell Away From New Orleans

Humberto hurricane rainfall may disrupt my thirtieth birthday plans in New Orleans. Will we manage to celebrate despite the storm?

Written byChris Mooney
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Jeez, Humberto came out of nowhere yesterday, eh? And now I'm worried: I'm supposed to be celebrating my thirtieth birthday (technically Sept. 20) with family and friends and a trip to the hometown of New Orleans tomorrow. The idea was to kick back and hopefully achieve some acceptance of how I spent my dissolute twenties--aka doing odd stuff like writing a hurricane book. Now, though, there may well be hurricane related rainfall to worry about all weekend! Humberto, you suck; and no, I don't appreciate the irony....

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