bshirley My estimate of 10 more days seems to have worked. The power was back on the same day, after only 14 days without. AT&T in typical form messed up my DSL while fixing my voice line. Unfortunately, Virginia’s Internet went out the same day. (My computer is at her house.)
It’s Day 14 since Ike. Friday night. First time Molly & the Ringwalds have played the happy hour in three weeks -seems like longer. I’m back at the sound board where I have been most Fridays for over four years. Big news is I stopped at home after work and I had power. Apparently a … Read more
from WSJ.com via MyDD
Still no power in my area. From the utter lack of change in the past week, I estimate at least another 10 days without power. My guess. This morning Center Point claimed in 77007: 3404 people (20%) without power.
slow going Originally uploaded by seven twenty five 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 … Read more
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.