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.
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 … Read more