I feel your pain NLU.... we've done better over here in Biloxi but it has been oh so slow... what gets me is I've tracked storms for many years but I can't ever recall so many monster storms that have developed since 2004... now we have another super storm, and its our first hurricane of the year.. If this storm were to come anywhere near the SE LA or MS coast you could practically write off these areas for decades.. when you get hit by a super storm it changes your way of life for years... Dean is going to do just that to whomever it hits... it just CAN'T be us... not for a long time