We could use an ace up the sleeve right now

Oyster tends to veer away from the personal in his rhetorically original posts at YRHT. He revealed a different sentiment in a recent comment -- one which might surprise many Americans looking at this from the outside who don't know what a great place New Orleans is.

Here is a commitment to New Orleans shared by many here who, despite having the odds stacked against them, are counting their blessings while bracing for another storm season:

It's still a massive gamble, compared to my friends who are comfortably ensconced in other areas of the country. But my family is lucky enough to have been able to "stay in the game" after Katrina. We're fortunate to still have a lot to risk by staying and helping N.O. rebuild.

What people are gambling is not so much possessions as the possibility that another hurricane will finally break up their family and friends, dissolving their neighborhoods, and a culture that is second to none.

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