Update: Our friend Scott from Houston (the driver for our Christmas Eve hayride our last Christmas in Houston when Linda and family were here) has arrived to stay with us for a few days. His wife and kids drove north to stay with family, but Scott is going to work from his Dallas office this week. Tonight was his first look at pictures of the Ike devastation. Most people in Houston have heard only radio descriptions or rumors.

I continue to get updates from friends. Peter, in Sugar Land, got power back Saturday night. He is the only one so far. Among the friends without power, some have gone to other cities, or to parts of the city with power.

Ray, who evacuated from Kemah, and learned the night before the storm that his FEMA flood insurance had expired, somehow made his way to his apartment yesterday to find that it had not flooded. Today he was able to get 50 pounds of FEMA ice and a few MREs. He sent me a picture of the boxes; I had to laugh because it lists a mint as part of the dinner. It’s the little things, I guess, but it bothers me that I have friends who are standing in line for FEMA supplies.