Silver - glad to hear your family is doing fine in Gulf Shores. Hope they got through yesterday's rain storms OK. We had more wind on monday, then all the rain yesterday. I noticed the water was stacking in the street, so I rode my Breezer over to the canal, and yup, it was to the top. The local pumps can only deal with 1 inch / hour of rain fall, and we had more like 3 inches in an hour. The ground is definitely saturated.

Lovely topic 2, I think my stomach has forgiven me.

Topic 3 - much of this area is still without power. Apparently the big transmission lines took a big hit. Saw a press briefing last night, of the 14 lines, all were damaged, and only 1 is back up. I am very thankful for that 1. My office remains closed until next monday.

I miss my morning paper. Reading it on line isn't the same thing. + no funnies. No mail service either.

Have to clean gutters today. Noticed some weren't draining very much during the deluges yesterday. Must be clogged with leaves and twigs the winds blew off.