Heard from my parents neighbor that they are safe and all is well. They live south of me and I knew they would have felt the effects of Katrina more than we did. They are not so far that an evacuation was in order for dafety but they do live in a very rural area and I wish they had evacuated simply to avoid the inevitable communications gap that would result from falling trees.

They have water but no electricity nor phone. Cell phone? Did I say rural? They have one but reception out there is limited under the best of conditions and I suspect some cell towers in the area are down or without power.