Monthly Archives: September 2008

If you call me and get through, great. If you get my voice mail, you’re better off sending me a text message; some voicemails come through, most are not, and all of them seem to be delayed by hours to … Continue reading →

http://blogs.chron.com/closings/openings/

Both of our cells are working, but coverage is intermittment. Text messages get through faster than voice mail. Internet is working at the condo, so IM might be the most reliable while we are here.

Centerpoint has a webpage that tracks the areas that have and don’t have power. As of 7pm Saturday night that had 12% up, which seems pretty amazing to me.

Friday night was loud. We got very concerned in the middle of the night when the winds shifted as the eye passed and we thought we might get the front windows blown in; luckily they held (though next time we … Continue reading →

We’ve battened down the hatches, secured all the outdoor items, stocked up on food and bottled water, and have about 30 gallons of fuel for the generator. WIll blog on the other side!

After reading this piece in the Daily Telegraph claiming prices at the pump were not falling as fast as the price of crude, I decided to see what was going on. I went to the Energy Information Administration website, from … Continue reading →