Today is my mom's 80th birthday.  I can't get in touch with her.  She's
somewhere on the road evacuating from New Orleans and the wrath of Katrina.
All phone circuits to New Orleans and to cell phones in that area are busy
and it's impossible to get through.  I know she's with my brother, SIL,
niece (and her family), but it worries me that they'll be stuck in a car for
hours and hours (as Victor just told me - and it's gotten worse since then -
it taking 24 hours to traverse the normally 6 hour drive from N.O. to
Houston (although they're not heading this way, they're heading into central
Louisiana to a nice little resort town where they stay in a pet-friendly
hotel)).

My daughter, SIL, and three granddaughters have not even started on their
way here yet - they're leaving in a few hours - so they'll probably be on
the road trying to get here for the next 30+ hours (stuck in a car with
three children and two d*gs, bless their hearts!!!).

Please send purrs that everyone will reach their destinations safely (and if
you could spare some, please send some for me to help me stay sane through a
visit by the MIL-and-her-dogs from hell).

Over the next few days, our house will be full of 6 adults, 3 children, 5
d*gs, and 5 cats!!!!.

Thankfully, my granddaughters and my daughter's two dogs are the most
well-behaved creatures on the face of the planet, so that's not a problem -
they will actually be a relief from the problem and a joy in my life right
now.

Hugs,

CatNipped