So, with Hurricane Ike bearing down on Houston, I made the wise decision to get out of town, and went to Round Rock to spend what I thought was going to be a weekend with my sister and brother-in-law.

Finally met quixotic and xgray for lunch, and thoroughly enjoyed it. quixotic is quieter than I thought she would be. (I suppose people say that about me too ( Read more... )

I HAVE POWER!

I'll be back in Houston tonight!

CenterPoint worked after midnight, but couldn't get power restored to my half of the complex. Management has an electrical engineer coming today to determine where the problem lies.
If the problem is on site, hey presto!
If not................

P.S. Heroes looks great in HD. Pushing Daisies looks gorgeous on Blu-Ray.

Some buildings at my complex have power now. Mine is not yet among them.

I still have no power at the condo. CenterPoint says my zip code is scheduled to be substantially restored by Monday. I'll believe it when I hear my answering machine pick up ( Read more... )

Still in Austin.

Still no power at the condo.

Condo management says CenterPoint is in the area.

They said the same thing yesterday.

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/gridlockjoe/Ike/

The Chronicle's database of reader reports lists my address as having power. The gatehouse at the complex begs to differ. The guard did see a CenterPoint truck go down the street, so maybe soon ( Read more... )