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 my neighbor’s unused phone line; who knows when mine will work.

To answer cousin Debra’s question, it’s been unseasonably cool. The day after Ike we had a cold front come through (and several inches more rain). It was below 60 last night and it’s been very dry.

On the drive home … [Edit: hmm some of this post got lost in the debris]

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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.   We have trees on power lines on our block, which means it could be weeks.
Cleared the rest of the yard today, excluding the chainsaw needs which should take about 3-4 hours. Still tree on roof.

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

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 in the back yard.

We worked until dark then walked over to Virginia’s. We passed a few spots of reestablished electrical service, and about 10pm Virginia got her’s too.

No such luck here, though some of the street lights were working.

Sunday morning we got more rain, which my aching body slept through. The familiar hum of chainsaws can be heard throughout the neighborhood.