Hay Phred, you are so on top of things!! Keepin' up with where I was were you? COOL!! We only got into some wind and a little rain from the storm when it caught up with us but we were well away from the distruction of it.. We DID end up in New Orleans after the storm, can you believe that? They sent that BIG boat down to pick up just 2 barges and we ended up bringing out 6. We spent the whole day, right across from the Riverwalk in downtown New Orleans and I spent the day watching the relief helicopters take off and land on a air craft carrier across river from where we were. All day long, they took off and landed, buzzing around like a swarm of bees.

We took a lot of precautions while down there. All doors were taped shut to keep out misquitos, except for one. A former CDC doctor told my Captain to mix 1 quart of bleach with 8 quarts water in a 5 gallon bucket for the guys to wash off their hands and arms and use antibacterial soap to wash the bleach off. I was NOT allowed outside and neither were the wheel house people. They guys were not allowed to run in and out like they usually do for something to drink, instead a 5 gallon cooler was made for them to keep outside. We figured the stench would gag us all but there was no oder out there that day. It WAS scarey as all get out being down there that close to all that though.

We made it in and out and so far, nobody got sick! Thanks fopr keeping up with me.

QSL, YES!! I WAS worried to death about my babies. Kevlin knows I would have killed him if he had left my babies alone in that mobile home during that storm but I still worried until I found out for sure where they were. The storm was extreemly stressful on them but after the storm is when they got worried about all the babies. No Power, NO A/C! Rhonda said she was afraid they all were going to die from the heat. They quit eating, drinking and just laid around panting. A neighbor with power offered for them to bring them all over there so that is what they did, then she said they all freaked out because of being in a strange place. Just not a good time for my babies all the way around. Everything is back to normal now and all is well.