The local Houston newspaper, the Houston Chronicle, has made their website a very useful tool to read about all the efforts going on in Houston after the hurricane. You can see the paper here:
http://www.chron.com
I found a cute article featuring contributions from Houston folk on things like what they've been eating during the power outage and how to keep the kids entertained:
http://blogs.chron.com/weatheringike/living_without_power/
Another gallery of photos. These span from way north of Houston (Conroe) to Southeast of Houston on Galveston island.
http://www.chron.com/news/photogallery/In_Hurricane_Ikes_Aftermath.html
Here is an article from the paper regarding power:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6008231.html
As of noon today, there is 29% of the people left in my zip code without power. The article referenced above says that all of CenterPoint's main grids and stations and stuff like are operational again, except for the one on Galveston island. Now they are shifting to going out to individual areas to restore lines. This will essentially reduce the number of restored residents per fix from the thousands to the hundreds. But, that means progress is being made!
Alberto got the call from his company that they are back up and running again. I have been working nonstop all week from my parents' house on a deliverable for my own job, which bounced back pretty quickly after a few hours of regrouping on Monday. (Since we all work remotely anyway, and we get emails on our mobile devices, it's not like we were at any big loss for the office being out of commission. The only thing most people have had to wait on is power for their computers.)
We couldn't have left Lafayette before now anyway because I've been tethered to an internet connection and phone line since Monday afternoon trying to get the deliverable done. I am happy to say that as of noon today, it is DONE! At least until next week.... :P
So, it looks like we'll be headed home tomorrow. Even if the power isn't back yet, we know it won't be long, and we hear the weather is still quite nice at around 80 degrees thanks to the cool front that came through earlier this week.
I hope to take some pictures of how our property turned out to show how Ike treated our street.
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