Well, my apartment is now all back in plastic boxes, my office is cleaned out and moved to a hopefully safer area away from windows and all staff newsletters have been packed up to be mailed from Alabama.

Mandatory evacuations are beginning today in some of the river parishes and contraflow begins tomorrow at 6 a.m. That means all roads lead out of the city. I-10 is a four lane highway this is largely bridge to the west and in some places to the east. All entrance ramps will be blocked on the southbound side to allow for faster movement of traffic out of the city.

Praise God the city is getting it right this time and people are all getting on busses or Amtrak to head north. We have learned something and it seems that our neighbors are also ready with a plan. We have had on 15 people who will be going with us to Birmingham instead of the 75 from last time.

I will post updates and photos hopefully tomorrow afternoon after we get there and get settled. My friend Emily is here from Nashville and will be missing her Sunday night flight and will instead be evacuating with us, thus getting the full New Orleans experience. Thankfully it is only three hours from Birmingham to Nashville and there will be some friends to help get her home.

Thank you again for all your prayers. Continue to pray for all who are evacuating and for the city as it prepares for a potentially dangerous situation.