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.

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