Uptown New Orleans looks like a ghost town. I went out for a quick 15 mi. early this morning, and although it was a little breezy, the really noticeable thing is how empty the streets are. I saw only one other bike on the levee bike path, and hardly anything else except the occasional police car. The Mayor successfully convinced most of the city to evacuate, so it's really quiet around here. Just got back from a 3 mi walk around Audubon Park and there were a few of the usual suspects out there running. It was really quite nice, and I'm glad I wasn't spending that time stuck in some massive evacuation traffic jam on the interstate. It is looking more and more like we will just get some tropical storm level winds from the hurricane. Not that that's a good thing, and it is still likely we will lose power and perhaps get a lot of rain, but I can deal with that. They have imposed a 2 p.m. curfew today, so I'll have to make a last-minute dash from The Mom's condo, where we're staying, to my house to put the dog in the basement, and then nothing much to do but sit around and eat junk and watch television. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to put the dog inside until much later, since he's old and will definately make a mess that will have the basement stinking for a while. The thing about the curfew is really that they want to prevent anyone from looting all of the empty houses now that they've convinced everyone to leave town. I have a pretty good tolerance for eating junk and watching television, but this may be too much. I am already wondering if I will get to ride some time tomorrow. I don't thing the hurricane is supposed to make landfall until early tomorrow. I haven't been able to get a dial-up connection to Tulane since early yesterday, so I don't know what's going on with that, but The Mom has an AOL account that I'm using, so that works out.
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