update (+/---)
Peg is just about 20 minutes outside of Hattiesburg, MS and should be safe in a hotel soon.
Meanwhile the eyewall (and the most destructive winds) are trending east, which would make for a direct hit on New Orleans. There is a rather high chance that not only will this be a Total Party Kill for our cats, but we will not have a place to inhabit when we get back.
It all depends on the tracks. If it doesn't budge the least bit further east we'll still get some pretty nasty stuff but not as bad as it could be.
I am very braced to have to write off the cats, and not even be able to return to NOLA for some time if ever.
We'll deal one way or the other. I need Peggy more than I need my stuff. And if we lose the cats, we will celebrate their lives. We'll need you-- for all of the above. We'll let you know. Thank you. Love you.
ruminations re: update (+/---)
There's some horrible, stoic, dark, bloody-minded part of me that's... almost glad that the world decided Nature decided to rip this bandaid off this fast. I was always scared this would happen-- to the cats, to our life in New Orleans, to everything we had down there.
If they're gone, we won't have to spend every day worrying about them. And if I ever make friends with an animal again, it'll be one we can protect better than this. Love you, cats. I don't want to say goodbye, but if this is it, it was a joy knowing you and a tragedy losing you.
ruminations re: update (+/---)
@zebratron2084 I know this resolve.
I'm sorry not to have better to offer.