Been there, seen that.

The week before last, I spent a lovely few days visiting with family in Gulfport, Mississippi. Note - I do know that the abbreviation for Mississippi is Ms. but it's so much fun to spell Mississippi. It's one of those silly childhood memories.  I know that I know how to spell M I SS I SS I PP I,  Anyway, while we were there we were shown signs that still exist of the damage done by Hurricane Katrina some years ago.  High water marks on some buildings, etc.  It was all very interesting but definitely in the past.  Today, however, I learned that it looks like Tropical Storm Gordon is gearing up to become a hurricane and, at least according to some models, heading straight for the Louisiana/Mississippi coast. It should be there within the next couple of days. That's right where Gulfport is located, and suddenly I find myself picturing the very nice house that we stayed in, the neighborhoods and shoreline that we drove by, even the fun casino and fancy restaurants, and I'm wondering if there will be serious damage.  Having been there so recently, the whole situation seems so much more real than just hearing weather reports of far away places. If my great nephew and niece should need to evacute, it would be an interesting situation since they would have to deal with two bunnies, two cats, and one dog.  Let's hope it doesn't come to that.