After hanging out for a couple of days in New Orleans, my sister and her band are on their way out of there this morning. Here's the message I got this morning from whoever has been closest in touch with my sister:
Well they're off. There are 9 humans and 3 cats, in two cars. The bridge is open and they are heading to Beth's father's on the West Bank. He has running water, he has electricity. Once there, they'll figure out who is going where and get an estimate of how long that may take. Only unknown is how long it will take to get to the West Bank. Since the bridge is now open to all evacuees... could be awhile. (They should've left at first light to beat this rush!) Anyway... I imagine we'll all get calls once they get to civilization.
So that's more or less that.