READINGS: Jennifer Paddock will be at the Borders to read from her sophomore novel, , which follows a young writer, Caroline, as she leaves her MFA program and seeks out stories in the devastated wake of Hurricane Ivan. Paddock combines her story with Caroline's writing, which is an interesting technique, if not a little meta. - Krissa Corbett Cavouras more ›

As Gothamist looks into our crystal ball we see nothing but blue skies through next Sunday. After a week in which Hurricane Ivan killed 52 people in the U.S., Hurricane Jeanne killed at least 90 in Haiti, flooding upstate and in New Jersey, and a fried West 4th St station on Saturday, we are grateful for the blue skies. more ›

The airlines are being friendly with Hurricane Ivan rescheduling...but what about The Tropical Depression Formerly Known as Ivan? more ›

No offense, Fleshbot, but it's obvious that there are only two real babes covering Hurricane Ivan. Jim Cantore can crawl back into the scary gym teacher corner from whence he came: I'm talking about CNN's Bill Hemmer and TWC's Mike Bettes. more ›

I've been sitting on this MetaFilter post since yesterday: Hurricane Risk for New Orleans. Surely you've noticed even Drudge has gotten whipped into a 10,000 BODYBAGS!! frenzy. As a Louisianian, I appreciate the interest--until it devolves into rubbernecking, or when people start trotting out the same old "It's a corrupt city that will never get its act together," "anyone who lives there is an idiot," let 'em all die BS. more ›

Hurricane fatigue sets in at Gothamist Weather. Hurricane Ivan is extremely intense and destroying everything in its path. It is about to pass over western Cuba and enter the Gulf of Mexico, whereupon it looks to turn north and gradually weaken. Watch out Pensacola! more ›