Getting closer

The energy and the buzz in the air is downright palpable. Folks are worried. Folks are leaving. This is the good news - many of the people who would be considered the most difficult to evacuate (because of being straight up po') are taking advantage of the systems in place to evacuate early. No matter what destruction lies ahead, it seems unlikely that we will see the same scenes on the news post-Gustav as we did post-Katrina of stranded people and helpless pets and looters and dead bodies slumped over in wheelchairs at the Superdome, etc.

So, I will go to work tonight, as Adam reinforces our home and puts boards up over the windows and worries just a little bit more about getting me and this baby in my belly out of harm's way. There is a chance I will be released from work tomorrow night, in which case we'll head up to my parents' house tomorrow afternoon.

Interesting side note: we are 7 blocks from the beach, yet we are in a zone marked as "least likely to flood," therefore we are not required through the state to have flood insurance. So, we are not insured against rising waters. BUT, we are 30 feet above sea level, and this house did not flood during Camille or Katrina. So any damage to our home would most likely originate from wind.

Still feeling hopeful that the storm will pass far enough west of us that these issues will remain hypothetical.

Stay tuned! Thanks for all the concern.