Hurricane Katrina

Greetings from Birmingham. Crystal and I evacuated this afternoon (Saturday) with no problems. We didn't board up our windows or anything, but we did make sure that nothing is loose outside. This is crazy. It is the first time that I have driven away from my house and thought, "Next time I see this place, it could be devastated." I mean, I've lived in New Orleans for almost my entire life...I have never been this concerned about a storm.

So keep New Orleans in your prayers. This very possibly could be the worst storm to hit the city in sixty years. From what I can tell, a lot of people are choosing to just stay home. My Dad and step-Mom are still at home...as well as lots of good friends. The mayor is hoping to call a mandatory evacuation in the morning. That will be the first mandatory evacuation in the history of New Orleans. Yeah, this storm could be that bad.

That is enough apocalyptic talk. On to the good stuff. So we are staying with our good friends Jeremy and Christa. We are looking forward to hanging out with them. It has already been great catching up. Hopefully we can see some of our other Birmingham friends while we are here.

We did have one crazy mishap along the way...we noticed some wobbling, stopped and found a huge chunk of rubber missing from one of the tires. Apparently we caught it just in time. I think we would of had a blowout if we had driven another ten miles. Anyway, we stopped at a gas station in Mississippi and got a new tire.

So if you want to know what is going on in New Orleans, then check out WWL's website (the local CBS affiliate). On their website, they actually have a live feed of their TV coverage. Here is the direct link.