Hi Lisa,
Where are you in Alabama? I hope not in Mobile or Baldwin Co. We were in Florida for Andrew, not pretty. I hope everyone is safe. We had Hurricane Emily here (South Texas) not long ago. Just a category 2, about 45 miles south of here and 45 miles inland, so we had 4 inches of rain and 70mph winds. We had no damage and horses were fine. Neighbors had some windows knocked and trees uprooted here and there.
We've been praying this will not be worst case scenario with a direct hit on New Orleans. I do not think anything would be worse than lives, pets, property loss. Add to that a 25% decrease in oil production and loss of refineries for an indefinate period, we will be in for major problems in this country.
God Bless everyone on the board in this storms path. I hope everyone keeps praying until this is over...
Deena