musicman

centerpoint is talking about beefing up some of their poles.....not sure they are ready to take the leap to underground lines yet.

so hiring a chef that's moved around 3 times in a short period is supposed to be a good thing???

that's not saying much. their food wasn't good before.

very surprising. they seemed to be pretty successful.

i'll call this the ike bike

LOL aren't you the one that said polls don't matter?

i guess the national weather service was wrong when winds of 100 were measured trust gene....but bring back dr neil frank

if you need more water contact redscare. he has more water now than before the storm

best dressed? or best stretched buttons?

some of the police are too busy radaring speedsters

several of us are meeting at warren's inn at 6PM. if you care to join, the more the merrier!

you need to get the attention of the permit department. summarize your actions and contact your councilperson to get their attention. then have them call the permit department. i will say that the city isn't diligent about enforcing this. putting plastic under the fence definitely isn't a fix.

taxis are in operation downtown

take a deep breath. CenterPoint power restoration projection by ZIP code CenterPoint Energy has released a ZIP code-based timeline for power restoration. The power company says approximately 80 percent of all electricity should be restored to these areas by the dates listed below. End of the day Friday: 77065, 77094, 77095, 77354, 77355, 77356, 77362, 77375, 77377, 77382, 77384, 77418, 77420, 77423, 77429, 77430, 77433, 77434, 77435, 77441, 77444, 77445, 77449, 77450, 77461, 77468, 77469, 77471, 77474, 77479, 77482, 77484, 77486, 77488, 77493, 77494 End of the day Monday: 77024, 77031, 77032, 77039, 77040, 77041, 77042, 77050, 77055, 77072, 77077, 77079, 77080, 77082, 77083, 77084, 77092, 77099, 77336, 77338, 77339, 77346, 77357, 77365, 77373, 77386, 77396, 77459, 77477, 77478, 77479, 77511, 77515, 77534, 77577, 77583 Sometime after Monday, because power facilities in these areas have sustained extensive damage and will take more time: 77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77010, 77011, 77012, 77013, 77014, 77015, 77016, 77017, 77018, 77019, 77020, 77021, 77022, 77023, 77025, 77026, 77027, 77028, 77029, 77030, 77033, 77034, 77035, 77036, 77037, 77038, 77040, 77044, 77045, 77046, 77047, 77048, 77051, 77053, 77054, 77056, 77057, 77058, 77059, 77060, 77061, 77062, 77063, 77064, 77066, 77067, 77068, 77069, 77070, 77071, 77073, 77074, 77075, 77076, 77078, 77081, 77085, 77086, 77087, 77088, 77089, 77090, 77091, 77093, 77096, 77098, 77379, 77380, 77386, 77388, 77389, 77401, 77422, 77459, 77489, 77502, 77503, 77504, 77505, 77506, 77507, 77510, 77515, 77517, 77518, 77520, 77521, 77530, 77531, 77532, 77534, 77535, 77536, 77539, 77541, 77545, 77546, 77547, 77550, 77551, 77554, 77563, 77565, 77566, 77568, 77571, 77573, 77578, 77581, 77583, 77584, 77586, 77587, 77590, 77591, 77598

allen parkway underpass at montrose still has 9.5 feet of water. the latest houston press has a great pic of northern downtown flooding just north of franklin (along milam).

13 is bringing in guest reporters from sister stations. i guess their reporters/anchors are tiring however the new perspective is nice.

let's just hope more power crews get here. i've seen more UPS trucks than centerpoint ones. i'm sure i'll need another set of brakes VERY soon with the stop and go'in at intersections.

it don't believe it was open yesterday. will be going down there for lunch. does anyone on the northern end of downtown have a digital card reader? need to get some pics off and of course, the computer i'm using doesn't have one

if you get hungry, restaurants all along kirby are open. many bars downtown are open as well. they brought hobby power back up last night but surrounding areas are still without power. groceries gas and ice still seem to be hardest to find. gulfgate main stores had power this morning however surrounding restaurants etc were closed.

they are pushing out the windows that are unsafe according to HPD that was was keeping us out.

conditions appear to be deteriorating more in gulfgate area. time to get off the porch.

i'm hearing warren's inn has a nice crowd of 20 or 25

i brought home the work laptop. of my 3 free wireless net sources, two appear to be down though.

thx for that call. i feel left out already. finally it's starting to rain....not hard yet but you can see and smell the rain. the explosions otuside are getting more frequent. more of us unfortunate ones losing power. now i'm starting to working whether the occasional glow to the south is lightning or the transformers blowing. EDIT: wind is also picking up big time.