I'm just a few miles from you, NerdDad. I can sympathize about the dogs. My daughter wanted me to come to Birmingham, but I'm not about to abandon my four dogs. Three of them are terrified as it is, with only the rain and some wind (not too bad yet). One of them, however, doesn't really care, and will sleep through anything!
Just found this thread, Howlin. I've been lurking on the live thread all day and haven't seen anything else until now. Thanks for starting it, though; great idea.
"I'm just a few miles from you,"
From the looks of it on Spiff's map, I must drive past you on my way to Amory everyday. We gotta make some time to at least shake hands somewhere. Especially after what we just went through.