Ike recovery question - assuming everyone who's posting here currently has power, did you ever lose it? (Houston: how much, food)

[laniec]

Ours went off again for 3 hours the day after we got it back. I was about to cry. But all seems to be good now.

[jfre81]

I'm going to head out to the Montrose area later tonight, after dusk, so I might see how things are coming along over there and along the way.

[EasilyAmused]

Just got the powerlines back here and at work....therefore I have Comcast back.whoohoo!!!!!! I hate working via Blackberry....tiny little letters and numbers.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

Just got the powerlines back here and at work....therefore I have Comcast back.whoohoo!!!!!! I hate working via Blackberry....tiny little letters and numbers.

Yay! Welcome back.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

Just got the powerlines back here and at work....therefore I have Comcast back.whoohoo!!!!!! I hate working via Blackberry....tiny little letters and numbers.

Hey, you are OK! Good to hear it.

I love your tag line...I would have made a lousy Frontierswoman as well.

[LIcowgirl289]

I live in Montgomery, the lake area, and lost power at 5 a.m. the morning of the storm. My company is Mid-South Synergy out of Navasota, they get their power from Entergy - answers that question. I was out for 7 days.

My personal opinion about a generator coincides with the 72 hour preparedness suggestion, if by 3-4 days you don't have power, respect your neighbors who don't have a generator unless you have 3K worth of meat in your fridge, because one of my neighbors kept hers on while she slept soundly 2 blocks over at her man's house. I finally text and asked her to at LEAST turn it off overnight so I could open the windows and SLEEP! Some people are caring and compassionate, some are clueless and self-absorbed!

Originally Posted by Zhang Fei

And if you did, which area are you in, when did you lose it and when did you get it back? I'll throw a secondary question in here - do you know many people who have installed generators for this kind of possibility? (I know that some people in Florida have taken this additional step).

[EasilyAmused]

There are quiet generators you know. Not much louder than an AC.

[EasilyAmused]

Originally Posted by Topaz

Hey, you are OK! Good to hear it.

I love your tag line...I would have made a lousy Frontierswoman as well.

Yes! AC is so under appreciated. Cranking up the hair dryer tonight and blowing out these frigging ringlets!

[LIcowgirl289]

Those are the rolling blackouts they warn us about because they ask us to conserve, keep the air on 78, don’t use washer/dryers in the middle of the day, etc., but sometimes, people just don’t care. Hence, overload!

Originally Posted by tstone

That might happen to anyone. We didn't have anything go completely out, but some of the incandescent bulbs were definitely going dimmer for a few seconds, then back to normal, dim, normal, etc.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by LIcowgirl289

My personal opinion about a generator coincides with the 72 hour preparedness suggestion, if by 3-4 days you don't have power, respect your neighbors who don't have a generator unless you have 3K worth of meat in your fridge, because one of my neighbors kept hers on while she slept soundly 2 blocks over at her man's house. I finally text and asked her to at LEAST turn it off overnight so I could open the windows and SLEEP! Some people are caring and compassionate, some are clueless and self-absorbed!

I liked the way the generators sounded - it reminded me of the white noise from the sound machines we usually have on in our house.