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.
I should have mentioned that the N.O. forecast I described is for Monday, not today --