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
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).
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 … Read more
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 … Read more