thursdaysd

Just saw this on the NYT site:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/wo...a.html?hp&_r=0

avrooster - are you OK???

gertie3751

My daughter tells me she has no power and no water...I guess that means for cooking and showers!

thursdaysd

gertie - not to mention flushing toilets. I guess her cell phone is still working?

gertie3751

She e mailed me, so that means the cell phone is working right? I'm a bit technically challenged as to which gadget you use for which function.

gertie3751

She also said they are compelled to drink wine because the water is off! She is wondering if the new Pope can have a word to sort the mess out.

thursdaysd

Could be cell, could be iPad if she has one. Any gadget that runs off batteries instead of/as well as mains. Only as long as the batteries last, of course.

Do you get hurricanes in Texas? This is the kind of thing we worry about in NC in hurricane season, in fact I'm signed up for a class on severe weather prep next month.

gertie3751

Yes we get hurricanes. Last big one was Ike in 2008. It decimated Galveston and hammered us north of Houston but as we are about 100 miles inland, we survived. Nothing major since. These things don' t bother me unduly, probably blase after all those years in Japan with lots of typhoons and even more earthquakes.

avrooster

We are fine, thursdaysd, but some areas were terribly affected, as you know.

thursdaysd

Glad to hear you're fine, avrooster. Much sympathy to those who aren't.

crellston

Terrible news. Glad to hear you are ok Avrooster.