I remember the hurricane, but the date is fuzzy.
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/olimages/hurr-georges-19980928-g8ir.gif
Sounds like a plan to me. But, I'll reiterate: kitty may be the key to the magic formula. Gotta make sure she heads north too.
I'll be heading south in a few minutes. Looks like a blustery, but otherwise uneventful drive ahead of me.
It may not have been Georges, but my wife and I most definitely got run out of Destin on 9/3/98 due to a Cat 1 hurricane. We got married 8/28/98, so I remember it well.