JtS was down in southern Alabama today. He got stuck in an awful lot of evacuation traffic. He said if we want to try to stay in a hotel during the storm, we'll need to go all the way to Tennessee to find a hotel that's not completely booked up.

But we have a friend about 20 minutes from here who just recently bought a house that is made entirely of stone, cinderblocks and cement (except for the roof). We might go spend a day or two visiting him.