Best of times, worst of times.

New Orleans needed a lift and they got it:

Gave people around here a lift too.  I don't give two hoots for football, but when I heard fireworks going off all over town I knew what had happened and was pretty happy about it too.


Then this mess struck.

Really bad, but it was capped much, much sooner than anyone was honestly expecting.  Word 'round the campfire was that the casing was probably cracked much of the way down and we'd have to wait for a full-on bottom kill sometime in September.. or maybe even October if there were any snags.  So getting the flow stopped in mid-July was nigh onto miraculous.  And the lasting effects on the Gulf... well, we'll see in 2011.


Hurricane season mostly passed us by, which is always a Good Thing.


As for the rest of the local news, The Seacoast Echo has a good roundup.


Well that was the year that was.  I for one am glad it's over, and hoping 2011 is somewhat brighter.  See y'all next year.