Power Restoration in Progress…..

We have power….Thanks Missouri PLC crew.  It took 6 trucks and about 9 crewman.  Now, I don’t want to turn on the AC because I am used to humidity.
We are definitely changing the way we live.

Hurricane Ike and a Katy, Texas Family on September 27th

No power for two weeks and 1 day.  CenterPoint arrived around 4pm and told us we need to contact the Texas Public Utility Commission.  There is something wrong with the transformer load.
Mosquitoes are huge and vicious.  My legs look like a strawberry muffin with all the red raised lumps. 
Read on KTRH site  that Houston is [...]

Hurricane Ike: Houston Power, Laundry, Roof, Ice, Food Stamps Information Sites

Some of you emailed me about the Food Stamp forms and hopefully this bit of information may help:
Food Stamp applications can also be dowloaded and printed from the http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/GettingHelp_Assistance.html website.   If possible try to go to your local library so that you can print the application.  It could possible be a long wait at the offices [...]

Hurricane Ike: Search Sites For Photos of Cleanup and Aftermath

Search the following sites for pictures and information on cleanup  and aftermath of Hurricane Ike.
Flickr.com  search: hurricane ike
http://www.chron.com/hurricane/ike/

Hurricane Ike and a Katy, Texas Family

12 nights with no power.  It is so hot!
FEMA has left Houston.
Let me know if anyone else out there has had no power (if you have access to a computer).

Hurricane Ike: Disaster Food Stamp Locations/Phone

Update:  October 14, 2008.  To all who have commented about receiving assistance from Fema or from the food stamp office please try contacting your local city council person or the mayor’s office for assistance.  I sympathize with your problem.  Keep trying to get through on the phone lines.
Go to the Houston Chronicle webpage for more assistance [...]

Hurricane Ike, Power, Food Stamps and a Katy, TX Family

These posts are not so much gripes but observations about my reality.
What a beautiful day in Houston.  There is even a slight breeze this morning.  The days are alright but the nights are not the most comfortable.
My family and I are very fortunate.  I really feel for the moms/dads out there with small children.  Disasters like [...]

Hurricane Ike, Katy, TX Family Photos

Early Saturday morning the CenterPoint workpeople pulled up and preceded to the power pole to check the transformer.  My family and I giddly jumped into our car for a breakfast run and a grocery store run.
We returned home to find the power status in the same condition we left it in:  off
Bright spot:  breakfast was [...]

Hurricane Ike, Katy, TX and Power on September 21st

No power yet.
Weather getting a little warmer and more humid.
We are still lucky.
Breakfast this morning:  muffins and Taco Cabana.
Too much money going to the food bill.
Checking the Houston Chronicle page for areas of power restoration.

Hurricane Ike Photos

Click on this blog link to see some incredible pictures of Hurricane Ike.  The Texas community photojournalism blog is written by a Austin American-Statesman staff photographer.
The picture of the rides in Kemah is so sad. 
My heart goes out to the lady standing in front of her destroyed apartment.
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