Tuesday

Went to work today. There’s power there, being next to a large swiching station has it’s benefits. I was filling holes today where people needed help. Good thing, because I didn’t feel like coding. I’m a block down the street now at Antidote coffee shop. They’re running off a generator but have wifi. I’ve hijacked … Read more

Monday

Spreading the love/burden Monday night: had dinner at Jim Dekan’s.  Scrabble w/ TG, Jim, Carrie. I decimated them, of course: 57 – 67 – 71 – 182. Good dinner: pork chops, green beans, rice. Still no power, going to work tomorrow, gasoline lines about town are very long. Neighbor Kathy planning on buying a generator. … Read more

Monday

No power still. Still have tree on roof. Mom evacuated to Mo-Ranch, Hunt, Texas. Some friends in the hood have A/C.

More Ike

After a nap through the end of the lingering storm, Conn and I took a walk through the neghborhood. Lots of felled trees. A variety of damage. No power anywhere. Then we had a late lunch and started working on the yard. Most of the front yard is cleaned, but we barely made a dent … Read more

Ike Damage

Got to sleep after 3am. At the time we were experiencing frequent brief losses of power. Woke at 5am with no power, quickly back to sleep. Awoke again at 8am from a phone call from my sister. The lack of power and an answering machine combined with a loud old rotary phone, forced me out … Read more

Reeking of Gas

Friday night I left at 6pm on my bicycle, was out late, and returned home after midnight. The streets were mostly quiet. As I approached, a few houses from mine I smelled gas. It only got stronger as I approached, and when I went inside it was equally strong.

The Roommate was watching television, and I asked him what was up. He looked quizical. I said it reeks of gas in here! He says he doesn’t smell anything.

He does add that the neighbor called someone, and they came out and “couldn’t find anything”? I found out later from her, that she called “the city”. I’m not sure who came out.

I searched about, and could find nothing specific, and the smell started growing fainter, as it had for The Roommate. I showered, was tired, was losing the smell of it, and rationalized someone had already checked, it hadn’t blown up yet, and who was I going to call anyway. I went to bed.

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