WELCOME MULTICATMOM!! GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK HERE! THANKS FOR YOUR EMAILS AND CONCERN! PT'ERS ARE JUST THE GREATEST BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!

leslie, down in Lousiana, there are no basements, it is way to wet down here for those, rains to much, instead, most houses are up off the ground, some are WAY up...

2 miles away is no further north, that 2 miles is highway miles, it is a streight shot through the field behind her subdivision and the park I live in so it is shorter "as the crow flys". They are boarding up their windows tomorrow, neighbor told me K-Mart is boarding up now. We ARE not on the coast line here so the storm surge is not a problem for us here... we rode out Andrew in her house and all they lost was a few shingles off the roof. I will tape up my windows in the morning after I take the kitties over and have them settled in there. Yes, you take important stuff like pictures, papers and family stuff that has been passed down for generations.

I do not know what I will have when the storm is gone, no one will know until it is gone. My home it tied down so I know I will have the floor left for sure. Hopefully, we are far enough inland that it will weaken before it gets here if we get a direct hit. I repete again, we are NOT on the coast line here so that will be a help. I have a zone 2 home so it is suppose to withstand winds up to 120mph (I think it is). Down here, they are only allowed to sell zone 2 homes... we are not in a flood zone so that should not be a problem either.. Hopefully I have answered your questions as best I can.

I DO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND GOOD WISHES! I greately apperciate every one of them!