Twelve Days and no real advance visible in the neighborhood. The city is 75% restored per Center Point.
Quote of the Day (indirectly overhear via groovehouse):
“The lady from Reliant Energy told me that people didn’t have electricity 100 yrs ago!” - now THAT’S customer service!
The graph at right shows that the speeds on the West Loop have been below average. I suspect the total wreck of the surface streets is driving more people onto the freeways. I’d guess that half of the intersections in town are non-functional.
September 24th, 2008
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Hasn’t been too hot to effect sleeping.
Not having electricity means waking up whenever, but that’s life.
CenterPoint has the 77007 zip code estimated as 21% outage still. They had previously estimated that we would be below 20% outtage by Thursday. Yes, restoration has visibly slowed.
September 23rd, 2008
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It’s 10 days after Ike slammed us. Driving about town is still a hassle. It took over an hour for me to get home. It’s usually a 30-40 minute commute in the evening.
Today was the first day I’ve seen police directing traffic at the intersections. They were in dire need of doing that for days. It’s been obvious that the return of electrical service has felt painfully slow for many (about 50% of the area has been restored after 10 days).
However, power to the street signals has come faster than the city can get to them to fix them or even reset the cycles. So, they’ve finally realized they need to be directing traffic about town.
September 22nd, 2008
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No power for 10 days. Neighbor Kathy just got a generator, so we have a light, a fan, and a phone charging station. On the way to work I passed 7 intersections that were non-working. Hwy 59 at Fountain View thankfully had police directing traffic (for the first time that I’ve seen anywhere).
September 22nd, 2008
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No electricity at the Continental Club, so I had a low key evening at Virginia’s watching The Empire Strikes Back. Headed home about 10:30.
It’s definitely getting warmer and more humid, but I got to sleep (listening to the collapse of the underregulated US banking system this week) and didn’t get out of bed until after 9.
The phone guy is here this morning. On the pole (which is broken at the top) testing the lines. Someone’s cutting some small brush from the house catty-corner.
This is the first time I’ve had all week to do any work during daylight, so that’s what I’ll be doing.
The Woods Food Store (previously Saver) is open without power … finally. The cashier said “it’s just weather” on Friday before the storm, and it took him over a week to reopen and no ice or generator. Welcome to the Gulf Coast sir.
September 20th, 2008
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Came home from work to find neighbor Kathy and some friends finalizing the clearing of her debris. After chainsawing my Red Bud, they forced me to head out to The Tavern on Gray. It’s been open for days and tonight is Steak Night. We ate, and it was very good!
The place was packed, a duo of acoustic guitar gave the 281/Bourbon Street feel to the evening.
Nicole at work was right when she said this whole week is like Saturday night because no one is working.
…, Cher, Johnny Cash, ZZTop, accoustica, Eric Clapton, (break) … Van Morrison
It was very Dive Bar New Orleans.
September 17th, 2008
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