FOLEY, Ala. — Hurricane Gustav made landfall Monday morning along the Louisiana coast as a Category 2 hurricane. Here, on the Alabama coast, however, Gustav was little more than a rain-spitter and branch-breaker and perhaps an event-spoiler for some outdoor activities.

Foley Fire Chief Chad Brewer said his department’s two calls during the weekend were not storm-related. One was a fire alarm, the other a car fire.

Lt. David White of the Foley Police Department called the weekend “very quiet..” He said a lot of Foley officers were on the streets and roads and the “high-water truck,” the military “deuce and a half” manned by Foley police and firefighters to be used in high-water rescues, was ready to roll but wasn’t needed.

Joe Bouzan, Foley’s Emergency Management coordinator, said the city made “normal emergency preparations” going into the weekend. His reference was to boarding up windows in the city complex, gassing up vehicles and getting chain saws ready. City Hall was boarded up Sunday, Bouzan said.

As it turned out, thanks to Gustav’s track, there was no known structural damage to buildings in the city, Bouzan said on Tuesday.

“We dodged a bullet,” Bouzan said, noting it looks as if Gustav will result in approximately 300 cubic yards of vegetative debris in Foley compared with Hurricane Ivan’s 257,224 cubic yards in 2004.

Bouzan, who attended meetings and briefings all weekend with the Baldwin County Emergency Management Agency, said approximately eight inches of rain fell in Loxley and the highest wind in the county resulting from Gustav registered 53 miles per hour.

The county closed Baldwin County Road 32 east of Greeno Road and County Road 48 at Fish River Monday evening due to potential roadway flooding but opened the roadways several hours later. A flood warning was also issued by the county Monday night for Styx River at Seminole and Styx River at the Water World Road.

According to Bouzan, tides on the Fort Morgan peninsula were up seven-feet and resulted in the road being breached about three miles from the fort.

The Red Cross shelter at Faulkner State Community College had 115 people at one point and the Robertsdale Coliseum 258, Bouzan said. The Coliseum shelter closed Monday night and the Faulkner shelter on Tuesday morning. Those still in need of shelter should contact the American Red Cross, Bouzan said.