We have spent most of our adult lives in California or the Pacific Northwest. Hurricanes, tropical storms, tropical depressions: those all happened East of Interstate 5. So, when we heard the news about Hurricane Gordon coming ashore near Alabama’s Gulf Coast, we did the mental check to see if we knew anyone there (yes, but…

LEW-ee-vill? LOO-vill? Lu-UH-vill? Having now been here since August 5th, we believe we are pronouncing it correctly when we say Lu-UH-vill. At least that is how Genie (the Google Maps voice) says it, and about 85% of the residents we talk to say it. So, we’re going with that. We are beginning to feel like…