It was well after 10 p.m. when my mother called to tell me she was on her way from Mobile with my father, brother, sister, niece, nephew and brother-in-law.
Hurricane Dennis was blowing them my way with a fear so great they were willing to make a five -hour drive starting at nearly midnight. Needless to say, the hurricane fizzled.
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