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Re: Hurricane Ike !

Guess I'm the first texan hit by Ike to actually be able to post. Centerpoint estimates 95% of customers lost power, so I assume Andrew's power didn't survive the eye blowing through around 4-5am. To my chagrin, I lost power for all of 2 hours, and my shiny new generator is now powering my neighbor's fridge and freezer across the street. Still lacking cable and internets, so I'm currently posting from work, which fared slightly worse due to a poor roof and Sunday's torrential downpours. If anyone in FIRST corporate is curious about the sudden decrease in volume, the Lone Star RD is without both power and internets. I can assure them she'll be up and pestering them at full speed as soon as service is restored, however.

The city overall seems to be dealing with the disaster well. There's much pulling together and neighbors helping neighbors and surprisingly little unproductive behavior. The police chief notes that arrests and such are actually lower than usual. The only real pointless activities I've noted are reporters badgering the poor Centerpoint rep with pointless repetitive questions and their ridiculous "theories" as to how Centerpoint is working the problem.

In FRC related news, Clear Creek, Pasadena and Goose Creek ISDs are closed until further notice and teams associated with them are likely to be hardest hit. All the teams in the Greater Houston Area will obviously be affected to some extent, but in my judgment, the hardest hit teams will be 118, 231, 1255, 2597, and 2664. Despite concerns voiced here, I'm confident 118 will bounce back strong. They are a strong team will great sponsor support. I think the team that needs the most support from the FRC community is going to be Blarglefish 1255. They're based out of Baytown, which was very much on the dirty side of the storm. In particular, one of their two high schools is on Goose Lake. I haven't been able to confirm, but I imagine it was heavily flooded from the storm surge pushed into Galveston Bay and the Ship Channel. So if anyone needs help and support right now, it's likely to be them.
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