Just made the flying run to N. AL to pick up some backup computer systems for use during Ivan...just settling in and starting the forecast process.

Ivan looks on track for my earlier ideas from last week, but the forecast is still far from certain. I am having real problems buying the further west tracks (Biloxi Westward), but we will have to see where the NW to N turn begins to get a good handle on it. To my eye, it still looks like a Panhandle storm, but we are now in await and see mode.

Folks here are flooding their home improvement stores and grocery stores just in case, and the town is buzzing with anticpation.

A note: as you might imagine it is about to get really busy here...I will post and respond as I have time...but please don't be offended if you ask me a question and you don't get an answer.