I'm going to do my best to relay the conversation I had with Cait yesterday morning, but we were cut short and I was on my cell phone at the time.

Her father evacuated New Orleans on Sunday and made it safely to Atlanta. Of course, he waited until this last minute and it took him 24 hours to get there. Yesterday he left Atlanta for Vegas where he will stay with Cait and her mother until he can return home.

As far as she knows his home is ok. She described New Orleans as being like a T.V. dinner tray, not like a bowl, and that his home happened to be in an area that was higher up. She said she had not seen any footage on the news that looked like his neighborhood and in fact believed that she had seen the hospital near his home and the water was only up to the stairs to the hospital so that was a good sign. I believe she said her maternal grandmother's house was not far from her dad's and it too was on high ground. I do not remember her saying whether or not she had evacuated, but I assume she had since Cait did not sound too worried.

As far as the rest of her family, she made it sound as if most lived outside of New Orleans proper and mentioned that though they were having problems keeping power and had no phone service she believed that they were all ok. At that point she received a phone call having to do with the situation and had to go.

I know she apprecitates all your thoughts and prayers for her family and if when I get more information from her I'll make sure to relay it here.