Wow-that's scary stuff hun! Be safe & careful. I'm glad you get to see blade again-that's the bonus :d

The major said that he is expecting it to flood, anywhere from 2 feet to 18 feet. It is kind of funny b/c our drainage system is so bad that we flood up to a foot and a half with regular rain fall. And he is talking about 2 feet of flooding with a category 4 hurricane. When betsy hit, we had 20 something feet of flooding, and she was only a category 3. We are leaving tomorrow morning for jackson, tn. We were trying to go to lafayette or alexandria, but just about all hotels are booked up from baton rouge to huoston. So up to tennessee we go. The will be getting some of the hurricane effects too, but only some rain on thursday. I hope josh, angela, and blade make it upthere okay.

Today, something happend to my mom's car. What luck huh? She can drive the suburban or the altima b/c we didn't get insurance on them yet. We were planning to rent something anyway b/c my grandparents are coming too. Can you believe, all of the car rental places were sold out of minivans, passenger vans, and suvs. We were supposed to all ride together, but we had to get two alero's instead.

I am still trying to find some rooms in houston, alexandria, or lafayette b/c it will be less driving time but that looks like a no go.

Ohh, I forgot to mention, I am the one that made all of the travel plans. So ya'll know how stressful that is when, a doing it hurrincane is coming, everyboy's trying to get the hell out of dodge, and nothis is available. My little one kept, kicking th f*ck out me. I guess he or she was telling me to calm down. I was so pissed, and ready to bite off anyone's head today.

And my doc appt was supposed to be on thursday, but has been resheduled to tuesday. Also, I am not going to work tonight, f*ck them I am stressed enough. I will just get my doc to write a note saying that staying during a hurricane, is not advisible during my pregnancy.

I'll try to come back on, when we get back from the airport.

Its getting a little crazy up this way too! We will have no where near all the flooding new orleans will get, but its supposed to get bad! My mom had to go to the store today and she said people were acting crazy buying flashlights and batteries and essentials! They cancelled classes the rest of the week at auburn (my old college!) and so all my friends are coming home! I kinda think they will cancel class on thursday for me! Hope everyone thats gonna get hit gets prepared!

Darn! I feel so sorry for you destiny! How many are there in your "family" cuz we have a lot of room! i'm always willing to squeeze in a few more people! Good luck huni. Lafayette is already booked up to the max........ I hope you find some where to go... Or come here!

Chanda!

My aunt and uncle are in new orleans on vacation with ivan!! Hehe. They're expecting massive amounts of flooding, so ya know what the stupid hotel personnel do? They make my aunt and uncle stay in the basement of the hotel!!! How redic is that? They expect a lot of flooding, and make people stay in basements..... !!!!!!!!!!!

Basements? Louisiana doesn't have basements....Wierd. Don't understand that!

Well the newest from alabama is that at 7:00 am in the morning, the main intersate .I-65 will be one way from the gulf to montgomery (the captitol!)! They will be using the southbound lanes of the interstate to evacuate people from the gulf! Crazy stuff! They said we could have power outages from 3-7 days! Anything new happening anywhere else???

Chanda... Louisiana doesn't have basements? I'm sure ya do!! Cuz my aunt and uncle called us and told us they were making them stay in the basement of the hotel, or leave!

They may have basements, but they arent underground! They dont even bury people underground down there! Haha

So whats it like then??????

Deff not underground! Maybe they are calling the basement the bottom floor or something... There is deff no basements. We're too under sea level. Our graves are above ground here! Lol. No basements! Maybe bottem floors. Like the 1st floor or the lobby in a hotel, but no basements!

Very interesting!!! In ny, you can be buried underground or above ground in these beautiful marble box things!!

Wow! I never knew there were no basements there or u couldnt get buried underground. Thats new to me!!!!

Shauna

Hey ya'll. I'm back. Thanks, for the offer chanda, I didn't get to see it before left. We made it to tennessee fine.

And in louisiana (well new orleans atleast) we don't have underground basements. In any, building that has more than one story, the first floor is called the "basement". And if it was a real hotel, I really don't think that they would make them stay downstairs. They would have done what is called a vertical evacuation. That means that the higher the water rises, they'll go up to the next floor. But they wouldn't, and couldn't have made them stay on the first floor. And if they did, I think your aunt and uncle would have a case.

Now, down here in new orleans, we do have peaople that are buried underground. Now why it is like that I really don't know. We have had cases in the past of it flooding and caskets rising out of the ground and floating. But we do bury people under ground (a lot).

Ohh and we are 10 feet below sea level. Which basically means ,we are 10 feet under water. The only think that stops new orleans from being covered by water is the levee. Which is basically a big man made hill with cement on the side with the water. Or just cemet. For example if you went on the lake (lake ponchatrain), you'd see cement stairs leading down to the water, on most sides of the lake anyway. If you went on hayne blvd. (the street that I work on), you'll see the man made hills. The hills always have stairs on them ,so you can walk up and look at the water. Being below sea level is the reason, that we don't have natural hills like most other states, everything is usually flat. And it is very noticable, if you come here from somewhere else.

Of course I wasn't here for the hurricane, but everyone told me that it wasn't that bad. The lake was over flowing as usual, and the was flooding out here as usual. But at least no water got in the house this time. About a month ago we were having rain everyday, and the water came in the house, but it only rose about 4 inches inside. So it wasn't that bad, the carpet just had to be replaced for the 6th time in a year, b/c of flooding. A tree in the backyard fell down on the south west part of the house. My mom had it closed off inside and outside, before I got a chance to see it so I really down't know how it looks.

Ohh and just for reference, I live in the actual new orleans (in the city), not a suburb of new orleans. They never have it as bad as we do.

I would really like to see pictures of these hills and how u can walk up to the water, u think u could get/find some?

I'll try to find some online, and if I can't i'll try to take some this weekend.

Check out the new orleans pics post.