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Friday:
I arrived at my Parents after prepping my apartment the night before(neither I nor my roommate were to be present during the storm). I do some work, then watch some movies we had recorded to watch until the inevitable loss of power at approximately 1:00 a.m. Howling winds happened earlier.
Before and after I made some fun twitter posts. Our animals warned of the impending storm and then promptly went to sleep before its arrival.
I go to bed as the power goes out.
Saturday:
I wake up and the power is still out. Roofing tiles, broken trees, and broken fences are within site. One street lamp was taken out by a felled half of tree, but no houses. I went around the street helping neighbors cut up the gigantic pieces of trees blocking the street or leaning on roofs.
We ate ice cream.
We still had water pressure, so we took showers.
For the rest of the day and throughout the night, a very hot, very humid haze descended upon the area. I woke up several times later that evening.
Mother checks on the stables. Horses are fine, but the barn roofs were ripped away and deposited nearby.
For cooking initially we use a candle cluster for breakfast and stick fire (yes we foraged through tree debris for dead vs. green wood) for lunch.
Bill White gave a pretty impressive press conference earlier where he publicly proded Centerpoint to get a move on repairs (note that they get paid whether or not we have power and were dragging their feet).
Sunday:
Power returned at 2:30 p.m. Life returned to normal...somewhat.
Damage was minor, but widespread. Everywhere trees were broken, signs torn, fences destroyed. It is quite impressive.
I headed back to my area, where the traffic lights were still not working, nor was power at the apartment. I un-hurricane protected much of our apartment and threw out our fridge's food.
Most supermarkets are open, but only with generator power and 2-3 hour waits.
Monday:
FEMA started leaving their pods. FEMA really dropped the ball on this one. they failed to inform the city or state officials that they, not FEMA would be responsible for distribution. However, thanks to FEMA's sluggish delivery of the emergency supplies, our local and state officials had plenty of time to prepare the infrastructure they thought FEMA was to provide. I was utterly shocked at the honest outrage expressed by state officials on the news at this FEMA's handling of the situation. To be fair, most people were merely inconvenienced by the storm, but because of the gargantuan nature of the storm, it created supply problems.
Power eventually returned to my apartment.
Work had power, but was inaccessible, so I eventually return to my apartment, did some more cleaning, and went back to my parents to eat.
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