You'll be getting a Category 1 this afternoon, right? Whodda thunk it, in lil ol' Brandon.

The storm will probably be much worse for you and for teh folks in Hattiesburg and Meridian. My friends in Picayune have mostly evacuated. One who runs a steel mill in Slidell (Pearl River) has stayed. His wife is a nurse and is standing by for after the storm passes to help with ER triage in Slidell.