Ugh . . .

Despite having been born and mostly raised in Colorado, my blood hails from the deep south. My dad was from Alabama and my mother is from Mississippi. I have MANY aunts, uncles, cousins and their families living on the Gulf shores of Mississippi and Alabama. I'm anxiously awaiting updates from my mother, she spoke with her sister who lives in Pascagoula and it's not looking good.

I tried not to worry too much, they're old pros at this hurricane thing; but boy, did Katrina turn out to be a biggun'.