Praying for your family. Most of my Mississippi ties have passed on. However, I do have cousins in Gulfport. Hope they got out.
Thanks for the prayers. As long as Katrina stays on the expected track, they should be fine. If she moves further East, it could be VEY bad. At least my sister could go over to Pascagoula to the Courthouse. She works there, so she'd have access to the place anyway, but it's likely going to be opened as a shelter if it's expected to get really bad. My younger sister was freaked by Ivan, and it wasn't that bad on the Coast so maybe she'll head inland, or find a safer place than her home to ride it out.