All is well in Ocean Springs; Ivan sidled a little bit east and came across Dauphin Island, Alabama--great memories from that little spit of party sand and surf--and came in on the eastern shore of Mobile. While that was still too close for comfort, and Ocean Springs got slapped around by hurricane force winds and tidal surge during the early morning hours, I spoke with my sister a short while ago and a lot of downed tree limbs was the worst of it for the old beach house I love so dearly. My mother slept through it all...I am greatly relieved.