Delay of the Sail Away

The effects of Gustav are already being felt here in Houston, just not the wind and water kind of effects yet. The 5-day cruise to Mexico we were supposed to be on Monday afternoon has now been shortened and delayed by Carnival. It is now departing Wednesday afternoon for 3 days and cruises to nowhere. We get half off the cruise refunded and a 50% discount on another cruise with Carnival by the end of 2009. So not bad, we can still cancel outright and get a full refund but we think we will go and at least have a couple days to relax on the boat.

For reference, we are not boarding up the house and evacuating unless this thing turns sharply in the next 12-20hrs and heads for Houston. The model concensus has been directed at NOLA for a couple days now and we are going to work on the assumption that its right. Pretty much most of Houston is also working on this assumption as no evacuations are in progress from here.