I know how frustrating it is to be without power for an extended period. We were without power here after Katrina for 12-½ days in August/September 2005. It's HOT in southeast Louisiana that time of year. Pretty hot in Houston this time of year, too. Calling the power companies periodically to get information is OK but don't expect them to have any or, at least, any that is current and useful. It's a massive undertaking and the crews, many from out of town, don't take their invaluable time to update customer information centers ... and only an idiot would want them filling out reports rather than replacing transformers/fuses/poles etc. Those crews are moving as quickly and safely as they can. They do a great job under difficult conditions. THEY ARE ROCK STARS. Hang in there, Houstonians.
Quote of the Day
I called them twice already this morning, and they couldn't tell us anything
Pat Loeber
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "Pappas Bros. is committed to creating an environment unsurpassed by other steakhouses."
Have to try them if I'm ever in Houston again. -Rob
Although our power company has a number displayed on the bill to report outages, when we called it the other day (long after the Gustav repairs,) it went unanswered. Turns out they CHANGED that number because of Gustav, but we had no access to what the new one was. They should have at least left a message about it on the original line. I ended up getting the phone number of the local office, where I was able to leave some kind of automated message about it.
I thought our power company repair teams were Gods when our electricity came back on ... after a mere two days.