So, did everyone get through the hurricane okay? I figured I'd ask since I have friends/family in the South. My aunt and uncle had to leave Biloxi after their house was flooded. Otherwise, it seems like most of my family got through okay.

In light of the trouble many near the Gulf of Mexico are going through, it seems so petty that Californians complain about earthquakes. I know there have been some pretty bad ones over the years, but at least earthquakes are over pretty quickly. We don't have to anticipate an earthquake for days, as with hurricanes. We seldom have heavy rain or storms, and most of the year it's sunny and warm. I find it funny when my uncle, who is cognitively impaired (the new PC word), warns Brandon and me about the earthquakes in California. Though I know it's out of good intentions that he does so, I'm still tempted to warn him about the storms, tornadoes, suffocating humidity and other bad weather from which Alabama suffers, but I figure that wouldn't be for the best. He has earthquakes across the continent to worry about.