Gustav's growing

At daylight we could finally see how high the surf had become overnight. It was impossible to get a good photo through rain-slicked windows, but click on the picture above and you can compare the height of the waves to the gulf-front home.

We've been up since before 3:00 a.m. when the weather monitor began its constant barrage of tornado and severe thunderstorms warnings as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav swept across the western panhandle.