I'll be evacuating out of New Orleans in a few hours, heading north into Mississippi, but not nearly as far north as where Bobert's gonna be. We'll still be safe enough.

The Delta/Memphis area is FAR inland. They'll get a hell of a rainstorm, but Katrina won't be a hurricane any more by the time it gets that far north. There will be evacuees driving that far north, perhaps adding a little more trarric than normal, but that should be it.

Also, I-55 is northbound in both directions only in Louisiana and a few miles into Mississippi (as far as Belhaven or so, I believe), and only until about 4pm today (Sunday).

Now, the storm will affect almost as much of Mississippi as Louisiana, but that's the GULF COAST, hundreds of miles south of Thaxton. In fact, the Mississippi Gulf Coast will be on the "wrong" side of the eye and probably sustain as much wind damage as anywhere in Louisiana and almost as much flooding.