Well ...

She's not in the best place;
but she's not in downtown New Orleans, either!

IF she's working on her normally assigned Towboat, the John M. Donnelly ~
the Donnelly's 10 PM Sunday night reported position was:
Lower Mississippi River mile 658.3
which is a few miles south of Helena, Arkansas.

That puts them about 350 miles north of New Orleans,
and 100 miles southwest of Memphis, Tennessee.
They spent all day (5 am to 10 pm) moving 63 river miles NORTHbound ...
Can't tell from the position report if they're still on the move or
stopped to pick up or drop off barges ...
but the Donnelly costs the Ingram Barge Copany a LOT of money
every hour of the day - so they won't be looking for safe shelter till
the storm is really close to them.

The projected path shows Katrina passing east of their present location
sometime Tesday morning ... but no telling WHERE the Donnelly
will actually be on Tuesday morning.
(If their next position is an LMR number HIGHER than 658.3 -
the Boat is moving NORTH on the Mississippi;
a number Lower than 658.3 means they turned around and are
headed south towards New Orleans.)

Here's the *links* to follow along with Laura and the Donnelly ...

ALL the Ingram Towboat Fleet positions are reported here >>>
Ingram Barge Co - Towboat Current Positions

The page updates at 5 AM and most of the Boats
report again at 10 PM, every day.

Scroll down to the "John M. Donnelly then *click* on
the Boat's NAME -
you'll go to the Donnelly's Page that has a "MapQuest Link" at the
top of the page which pinpoints the Donnelly's last reported position.

The Donnelly is a *BIG* Boat ~ she weighs close to 1,000 TONS
by herself -
and she's tied to a string of barges the weigh a LOT more than the Boat ...
so unless Katrina passes right over them - they ought to be able to
"ride out" the storm OK.

Let's all *Pray* Laura and her ship-mates stay safe;
as well as her Family - both Furry Ones and the 2-Leggers!