hurricane update....

Well, the only family we have heard from is Leslie's brother Max. He lives in Baton Rouge, which weathered the storm quite well. Besides him we have no clue as to the well being of everyone else.

We feel pretty certain that everyone in St. Tammany parish is okay. Though, we have not been able to get any word to know for certain. Since St. Tammany was one of the hardest hit areas they are not allowing any one to return. The official word is from the state is:
IF YOU HAVE EVACUATED ST. TAMMANY PARISH, DO NOT RETURN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE PARISH IS CLOSED.

That being the case, it looks like we will have family visiting for at least several more days. It's nice to have Heather up here as well. She and colt are trying to get some site seeing in while they are her in Chattanooga. Now that it is not raining they should be able to see some of the outside places they have not been able to go and see.

Last night was great. Karen brought a gallon of oysters up with her so I fried up a few dozen and we made a huge gumbo with smoke turkey and about 50 oysters. It was a great meal. John David and Elliot have been enjoying having Nicholas to play with. I have not gotten any pictures yet but probably will tonight.

The national coverage of the hurricane has been crap, but if you have a good internet connection you can get really good coverage through here. It is from one of the news stations in New Orleans. They have a live video news feed. They are doing a great job of flying over the city so all the refuges can get some idea as to the condition of their homes.

We still have not heard from Leslie's grandmother. I would expect that we would hear something from her in the next several days. It looks like they are evacuating the city, so I would expect Leslie's mom would get a phone call at some point.

One way or the other if you are so inclined to pray then do it.