I may have received incomplete info--checking...
Your info is always top-notch. I'm afraid my friend is being an ostrich again. She really hates to leave her home, and I think she just doesn't want to contemplate spending the day or night on I-10. I just checked out the weather forecast for New Orleans and the local NOAA forecasters apparently believe they are going to take a direct hit -- predicting 90 mph winds in the afternoon with gusts to 130 mph.