Harry Shearer watches Gustav from afar with the help of 30,000 satellites

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About half of the year, actor and comedian Harry Shearer lives in the French Quarter of New Orleans. He’s been watching Gustav’s wrath from afar, via satellite feeds from his other home in Southern California.

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