8/27/05 - Evacuation Day The morning was spent putting stuff inside the house that could blow away. Afternoon was spent helping my son-in-law board up their house and mine. We "caravaned" (2 vehicles makes a caravan, right?) to Julie's house. Left Stacey's car there. Chris drove his truck with his mother, grandmother, and Maddie in her car seat. Stacey drove Chris' mother's car with me, Stacey's grandmother, and Abby in her car seat. They had put "contraflow" into effect before we left and that worked VERY WELL. We got ourselves into the correct lane so that we zipped right on out of there and on to Baton Rouge. Took us abut 2.5 hours -- you may remember that LAST year when we evacuated for Hurricane Ivan, it took us 7 hours to get here. Chris' dad joined us as we approached Julie's house, having driven down from his hunting camp in Mississippi. They wouldn't let him go to New Orleans because "contraflow" was already in effect. That's the reason I helped Chris board up our houses... his Dad couldn't get here from Mississippi. Go to 8/30/05