Update

we are still hanging on here in Troy, Al hopefully they will let us in the city soon and we can go home for now all we can tell is they are turning people away from the city so it would be pointless to drive all the way there and end up sleeping in the car by the side of the road waiting to get home.

We extended our stay here in the hotel until Thursday so we will probably be here until then or whenever they let us go home.

We have been spending out time going to local parks and drives on the local roads. It is very pretty country here rolling hills and farm houses. I have pictures that I will upload when we get home.

We have talked to one of our neighbors and he says our house is fine and that the electric is on. I imagine it is spotty since it was off and on for months after Katrina. We heard today in a FEMA press conference on C-Span that New Orleans is seperated from the electric grid and although their is power in a lot of the area if it becomes overloaded before it gets reconnected to the state grid it will effectively trip the circuit and all power to the area will be lost. Hopefully they get that fixed soon.