Ike aftermath

Good evening everyone....it's Monday night. Kailey is asleep. Shelli is reading, and I am watching tv. It's great; I can either watch two of our spanish tv stations, one local channel with continuous hurricane coverage, or one channel that may or may not be a local channel.....the reception is just that bad.

Ok, so the facts....
Our power has been off for 74 hours. It went off Friday evening around 1900. We have run my generator constantly since Saturday morning.

Gas can be found, but it normally involves a wait in line. It's as cheap as $3.30/gal....the generator uses about 15 gallons per day.

TV....like I said above, we don't have much to choose from. I literally made an antenna out of some old coax, a coat hanger, bailing wire, and some electrical tape......it works ok.

Internet & phone?....yeah right! We have neither. If you've emailed me at mi.barrett@yahoo.com, I haven't seen it. My blackberry still gets the random mbarret@citgo.com email. However, the connections are poor and slow....just overloaded.

House? No damage.....neighbors lost some shingles and some trees...but we are ok. I spent some time today cutting grass and picking up limbs....from the outside, things look normal.

Work? They sent us home at noon on thursday and are asking us to come back tuesday morning. During Gustav, I was very busy with work. Ike has been a lot more calm for me because I have no way of connecting or contributing. However, I also have trained my replacement....but haven't been trained on my new job. Later this month, I'll start training as a "Senior Feedstock Trader".....more on that after I know more to share.

Thanks for all of your calls and emails....

I guess that about covers it....

Enjoy your week's...

MB

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