Scene from south La.

Times reporter Teddy Allen sent this text message from his cell phone at 3 p.m.:
"Boardin' houses, biz, (are) hopin' Bayou Vermillion doesn't swell more. Steady. Gray. Wet. All is closed. Gas scarce. Lots of sky watchin' and looking south."
Allen is part of a team of Times journalists traveling into the path of the storm. This report is from somewhere in southwest La.
-- Sent from wireless device --