Apparently my warning to Ike fell on deaf ears.  He bore down on us like a programmed dart to the bullseye…and we are now suffering the aftereffects.  The family is all okay and intact…thank God.  No major damage to homes - just lots of little stuff caused by the gazillions of trees down from Galveston to Huntsville.  It really is an unbelievable sight.

As luck would have it, I am still without power - and will likely continue to be so through the weekend and possibly into next week.  Only about half of the 2.2 million homes/businesses, etc. are back up and I haven’t seen a Centerpoint truck in the vicinity…not a good sign.  The normally stifling heat of Houston in September has been suprisingly mild.  A “cool” front came through the day after the hurricane and is hanging on, which is good.  When the temp starts climbing and millions of folks are still without power…that’s when we’ll start to see tempers flaring.  Let’s hope the weather cooperates for a few more days - or, dare I ask, a week.

At a local coffee shop now…one that is normally about 1/4 full, but packed today…Ike victims desperate to leave their deafeningly quiet homes and reconnect with the outside world.  Might explain my all day/night “happy hour” yesterday…packed with a hyper / loopy crowd of eclectic folks.  Natural disasters bring out the goofballs in us all, and show even the most hermit-like that we truly are social creatures, and can only handle chatting with ourselves for so long.

Gotta cut this short…there are others looking to use the highly coveted electrical outlet. Keep your fingers crossed that power will soon be restored.  I’ll provide a bit more detail on this past week in my next post, and try to take some pics so you can see the craziness of the aftermath.

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