Recovering from Hurricane Ike.

[monkey0506]

I first attempted to post this message at around 22:30 GMT on 20 September 2008 from my job as indicated. The post failed, but I had the text saved.

I don't know if anyone's posted about it, but this is the first time I've been on the site since at least Thursday, 11 September. I live in south-east Texas (in the Houston area) and am still without power due to Hurricane Ike. I just had running water restored to my apartment yesterday, though it's still not been certified as "safe to drink".

As far as I know, no one that I personally know was injured by the hurricane though there were other damages. My mother's apartment (about 30 miles from my own) was condemned due to damages.

There's been a lot of hype in the media with people both praising and reprimanding FEMA, the electric companies, and anyone else they can think of.

As for me and my roommates we have received great assistance with food and water provisions. My job (from which I am currently posting this*) has even been providing hot meals free of charge just for showing up.

Anyway I didn't know if anyone knew about the hurricane or there had been previous discussions, but for the record I as well as my family and friends are okay.

I don't know who all as far as AGSers may have been affected. Besides I've been jonesing for some AGS forum action anyway.

*I'm not supposed to be on this site. It is blocked by the web filter. Proxy sites are blocked as well. Translating the forums from Arabic to English using Google's Page Translator isn't.

Update 02:20 GMT: I HAVE POWER! As of about 10 minutes ago power has been restored to my apartment. I wasn't sure how much longer I could stand coming home to a hot apartment, eating MREs, having to charge my phone in my truck...it's been 3 years since I had to deal with Hurricane Rita coming through but 3 years was not nearly enough. I'm grateful for all the help I've received during this time though I really don't ever want to have to go through it again. Moving away as soon as possible would be nice.

[Darth Mandarb]

Glad you're okay ...

I went through the same thing with Wilma a few years ago.  It sucks BIG time.

You keep thinking, "Well I'll just ... no I can't, no power.  Okay, then I'll ... no I can't do that either!"  Amazing how dependent we've become on technology and electricity.  After Wilma I actually talked to my neighbors!!

Anyway ... hang in there, going through all this will make you appreciate [more] the benefits we sometimes take for granted

[Da_Elf]

we have been quite lucky so far here in barbados to be spared hurricanes

[Andail]

we have been quite lucky so far here in barbados to be spared hurricanes

Yeah, we here in Sweden too!
'Twas a bit of a breeze last night though.