Safe and Sound

ok, for those who have seen the terrible katrina-aftermath footage from new orleans and biloxi, and perhaps the shots of the gas rig from mobile bay (so they claim) that slammed into the cochran bridge that goes over the mobile river, don't worry. i'm fine. most of mobile made it through the storm with far less damage than biloxi (boy, was it bad there - i can't believe how many people stayed there). we don't have power (of course), but the nice gent upstairs has a generator and is letting us run our fridge, a fan, and our smaller tv every few hours. it could be so much worse. we have a few shingles off and a bunch of tree limbs down, but overall everything seems ok.