Sweet Catastrophe

Just as we hit the three-year anniversary for hurricane Katrina, Louisiana is being threatened with Gustav, potentially another devastating hurricane.

A lot of areas around New Orleans have already started mandatory evacuation (unfortunately I can’t seem to find any list of cities and parishes that have….anyone know?) and it’s stated that if Gustav continues its current path, mandatory evacuation will begin Sunday morning. Something like 30,000 people have already been evacuated such as elderly and others unable to plan their own evacuations. They estimate around a million people on the coast hit the roads today.

I’m certainly worried. I can’t get ahold of Ryan’s mom, which isn’t unusual, but I can’t find any information either to find out if Slidell has already been evacuated. I’m not really sure where she and his sister would be going. It’d pretty much have to be here or Atlanta since pretty much everyone else is there in the path of danger.

Everyone just hope it dies down before it really hits. It’s currently at 145mph winds…. Track it here.