Glad your son is safely in Louisiana getting some good Cajun food.
My SIL arrived n of Houston just in time to move a car so a tree could be removed on their garage roof ..They are preparing all the lines in neighborhoods to be ready to receive power..The main transmission stations are damaged and even if their neighborhood is ready ..they must wait.
The fire marshal made the neighbors sharing lines to generators stop..Some had hooked up at least refrigerators and fans to a neighbors large gasoline generator...
They still have no land line phone service.
Yukky trash from the fridge may sit for awhile..I’ve been through this before with a long outage there and trash pickup is not on schedule.
Getting gas is still a long wait..even miles north from their house.
I hope he can get his knee seen to today and get back tonight. Usually he would be flying out as he does so weekly..The company seems to understand surgery and a hurricane does create problems!
I am just grateful they could get away from the mess and heat and stay with me.
I am accustomed to my cat lady daughter and her kitties ..My kitty played surrogate mom to the ones coming here with my SIL..but now they are adults and all bets are off.Fur will fly I am predicting. ..
Our thoughts and prayers continue for all the victims of Ike, and I realize that some have literally lost their homes, some have lost loved ones, as well as animals. It's heartbreaking. :(