Houston, Friday, September 23, 5:00 pm
NEAL: A friend wrote:
We've filled the tub here in Houston. After I got back from my second dog-walk an hour ago, I wanted to take a shower. No luck.
We have the food and water (four gallons) that we intended to take to Brenham, combined with the food that Sarah had on hand. There's plenty of food, albeit a rather strange assortment. And so far, we still have gas for the stove and electric power for the microwave. In fact, Sarah is cooking up something right now.
We have lots of C-cells but no Ds. I looked around for some on Tuesday ... in every store I checked, there was a big blank spot were all the Ds had been. Fortunately, all three flashlights have new batteries, and Sarah's radio works fine with a selection of Cs from three different manufacturers.
We left a lot of stuff in the freezer in Brazoria. Its fate rests in the hands of Texas-New Mexico Power Company. We still have power and internet here in Houston.
Clint's mom, with horses, made it safely to a friend's farm somewhere northwest of Houston where the horses could have access to pasture and shelter. Clint's younger brother Jason is there too. Clint's sister Tracie and her boyfriend Tab are in San Antonio.
Clint's older brother Shawn and his family are still in Houston. Shawn's wife Amiee is part owner of, and official dog-groomer for, a dog-boarding kennel located on the same property as their home. They apparently have several dogs in the kennel whose owners have left them during the hurricane. The last I heard, Shawn was going to ride out the storm in the house, while Amiee was going to stay in the kennel with the dogs. The two boys, Jacob and Justin, are probably enjoying the vacation from school, helping with the dogs, and playing videogames.
"Your blogs are great, but you've neglected to tell us what you've done about provisioning. I assume at your day-long hurricane prep program that they covered all that, but so far all you've told us is that you had a 2-gallon can of gas on board. I assume by now you've filled the tub with water to use for flushing and washing when the city water system fails, you have bottled water, food that doesn't require cooking, a zillion batteries, and lots of other stuff. Did you have to abandon much food in Brazoria? And what happened to Clint's mom?"
We've filled the tub here in Houston. After I got back from my second dog-walk an hour ago, I wanted to take a shower. No luck.
We have the food and water (four gallons) that we intended to take to Brenham, combined with the food that Sarah had on hand. There's plenty of food, albeit a rather strange assortment. And so far, we still have gas for the stove and electric power for the microwave. In fact, Sarah is cooking up something right now.
We have lots of C-cells but no Ds. I looked around for some on Tuesday ... in every store I checked, there was a big blank spot were all the Ds had been. Fortunately, all three flashlights have new batteries, and Sarah's radio works fine with a selection of Cs from three different manufacturers.
We left a lot of stuff in the freezer in Brazoria. Its fate rests in the hands of Texas-New Mexico Power Company. We still have power and internet here in Houston.
Clint's mom, with horses, made it safely to a friend's farm somewhere northwest of Houston where the horses could have access to pasture and shelter. Clint's younger brother Jason is there too. Clint's sister Tracie and her boyfriend Tab are in San Antonio.
Clint's older brother Shawn and his family are still in Houston. Shawn's wife Amiee is part owner of, and official dog-groomer for, a dog-boarding kennel located on the same property as their home. They apparently have several dogs in the kennel whose owners have left them during the hurricane. The last I heard, Shawn was going to ride out the storm in the house, while Amiee was going to stay in the kennel with the dogs. The two boys, Jacob and Justin, are probably enjoying the vacation from school, helping with the dogs, and playing videogames.
posted by Neal McLain at 9/23/2005 05:00:00 PM
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