Go away, Gustav!

Three years ago, when Katrina hit New Orleans, Will and I were preparing to drive north to Vermont. By the time we got to St. Louis, the hurricane had swept through New Orleans, had hooked east and was bringing rain all across the midsection of the country. Will, Zeke and I decided, rather than drive in driving rain, that we would spend two nights in St. Louis and let Katrina get out of the way. That was when we took Zeke on his first visit to doggie day care. We hit the free museums in St. Louis and watched it rain from a hotel room.

Fast forward three years. On the third anniversary of Hurrican Katrina, we're getting ready to travel to Vermont again, this time via Memphis and North Carolina for the Live & Learn Conference. Hurricane Gustav is bearing down on New Orleans, for landfall late Monday (9/1) or Tuesday morning!

We should be well on our way across Arkansas by the time it makes landfall, but I wonder if it is going to catch up with us in Tennessee. Remains of it could affect the conference outside of Asheville, too.

So go away, Gustav! Don't ruin my trip!