Labor Day Morning

The alarm, not the storm woke us up at 6, and the storm is coming in. Pounding rain outside. Lupe knows something's wrong; she's in her little carrier hiding. I can't believe i'm watching FOX news b/c Bob Breck. The power has flickered a few times. Right now, Nancy Parker has Aaron Broussard on the phone. He says the pumps are working and will keep working. Our curfew is dusk til dawn still. He's expecting a 6-9 foot storm surge. He's talking on the phone to Bob Breck. Bob says giving this hurricane a category of 3 is flattering. He says the surge is not going to be bad, not nearly as bad as predicted. The storm is moving fast. There has been one announced hurricane on the East Bank. It's going to go a little west before it hits land, towards Morgan City. A band is passing through the city right now. After 1 o'clock we will have less and less rain. Tornado watch is extended for areas further northward. He says what we have now is as bad as it's going to get. Broussard waiting to hear from Bob when worst of surge has hit westbank. Eye is west of Grand Isle. If we can get through 10 a.m. without water spilling all over the place, we'll be in good shape. I'm picking this up with rabbit ears. Bob thinks JP will be back on its feet in a day or so. They just had a long talk about contraflow and why I-10 was closed. Mississippi closed it, and L.A. officials don't know why. Bob Breck's opinion is that Mississippi didn't want people from L.A. clogging up their Labor Day Shopping, but he and Broussard agree that Mississippi should have told us. Many people turned around or ran out of gas. Bob's concerned that many people will say "I'm never evacuating again" after sitting in traffic for 15 hours b/c Mississippi won't cooporate. Howling wind will scare us, says Bob. He says the worst is here now, and these bands will keep coming over us. The t.v. went out, and now it's back. I had a nice talk with C last night and we're the windowless bedroom. They are talking about Contraflow still and an 85 year old woman who had to pee on the side of the highway and lost her dignity. I'm going to post this one in case I lose the T-Mobile signal