Beautiful morning here in Red Stick - sunny and cool. Well, cooler, anyway. We got the generator up and running (finally!), so we have one room cool, the fridge running, and can recharge the iPhones. (I'm typing this on one now.) Entergy, the power folks, say my neighborhood will get power back in 2-3 weeks. My office is supposed to get power back today or tomorrow.
I'm currently sitting in line for gas at the local Sam's. Been here since 0615. Generators are always hungry, and this is becoming a daily ritual. We haven't been knocked back to the the third world as many joke, but more like the second world. Disaster strikes, and we become a communist country. Not in the "from each according to their abilities, to each accocrding to their needs" twaddle, but in the "empty store shelves, stand in line for everything" kind of way. Now I see why Cuba recovers so quickly from storms - this is the way they live.
But things are improving. Governor Jindal has done a helluva job in dealing with this crisis, more supplies are getting to stores, more areas are getting power back, we're drying out, more businesses are opening.
Now, about this Hurricane Ike....
UPDATE: Oh yes - FEMA still sucks.
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