Wow.... I just got a freaky phone call. It was a recorded message from St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis. It requested evacuation of everyone in St. Tammany Parish south of I-12 by noon tomorrow. My mom talked to a friend of hers on the Parish Council and they commented that they were very concerned about all of the tornadoes that Katrina would spawn. Is there anyway one can know this in advance... I mean, shouldn't the threat of tornadoes be the same for all tropical systems and severe thunderstorms? They were also concerned about flooding, which is a logical concern for a lot of my Parish. I think I'm ok at ~24 feet elevation (if I recall).

Actually, I just put my address into terrafly.com and it spit out this info on my address:This point is at Latitude 30.383230, Longitude -90.060263, UTM Zone 15, Easting 782496, Northing 3364919 , Elevation 14 meters (46 feet +50 feet).... Can that really be??? I'm thinking the elevation map I once saw for my house was not this high...