CNN.com – Ivan makesÝlandfallÝin U.S. – Sep 16, 2004
After a deadly rampage across the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, one of the fiercest Atlantic storms on record made landfall near the resort town of Gulf Shores, Alabama, at 1:50 a.m. (2:50 a.m. ET) on Thursday.

My mom and stepdad live in Gulf Shores. They’re presumably ok in a shelter 18 miles north of there. Still, cross some fingers?