Bob's Update

He has dark circles under his eyes and we're looking at an image of Xavier and the interstate. Only interstate has power. He just got a tornado warning in for Northshore until 7:30 a.m. He looks so tired. Winds are going away. Poor Gulfport is getting 48 mph winds. The Northshore is getting storng gusts (about 50 mph) but not sustained winds. It's not raining outside in Bywater at the moment. So, far, C's stucco house is holding up fine. We're all dressed. Josh just told me he didn't sleep at all. My dad just called me; phone working fine. He says he can see on Connecticut news that it's not as bad as originally anticipated. He told me he has been planning to buy a generator. Bob thinks Houma is going to be okay when the surge comes. I can hear the wind. Maybe the power will go out. We see all these news crew members standing outside. Rob Ennis in Metarie: power not out but expects it to be soon. He has a spotlight that we will see if it does. New Orleans is as bad as it gets. Sabrina Wilson is downtown in a raincoat. She says conditions are starting to deteriorate by the Casino (which is shuttered). Decadence Tourists are gone. She describes it as virtually a ghost town except for the media. It's not a place for people to be out, she says as she stands outside. We are reminded that she is very small, so that's why she's blowing around so much. A very frail old woman was found wandering aimlessly at the foot of Causeway. She is older and sitting on the curb with a cane and was walking down the street. Her car hit a curb and the wheel rim was bent as she evcuated, and she went to her house and passed out. She lives in Metairie and was trying to evacuate but hit that curb and just woke up and wandered outside. She thought she had a bad heart, but she doesn't think she does anymore. Wow.