The area as a whole continues to go through various stages of recovery. Galveston is in terrible shape. There are lots of issues there, and it's going to be a while for their renewal. As for our city, Lake Jackson is getting cleaned up and powered up. We have limbs and debris piled on a lot of the curbs. It's sort of like having tree-lined streets, only different.
Most of the city residents still do not have power. The main reason that we are lagging behind is that the felling of so many trees took out a lot of lines. The power company triages the damage to work in areas where electricity can be restored to the most people with the least effort. Our understanding is that they are starting to descend on LJ. It is said that Monday or Tuesday will see big changes for all of us. Given all the damage in other areas of the coast, we're okay with the progress. These guys have a big job.
This past Wednesday, I drove back home to clean out the refrigerators and freezer so I could take advantage of our regular trash pickup day. I had quite a load of stuff, but at least we no longer have to decide how long something has been in the fridge. It was all bad after five days. I also got the back yard raked up and it looks much better.
In all of this, we had longed planned to get Stacy, Hutch, and Elsa to Lake Jackson during the time Alex had to be out of town. So, I flew to Richmond, VA yesterday morning, met up with all of them, and, with Hutch on my lap, flew back home with Stacy and Elsa. Alex departed for Minnesota at nearly the same time we left. It's the first time I've ever made a round trip flight and never left an airport. Anyway, we eventually made it to College Station last night. So now we have added more people to Sean's and Tara's house.
It is hardly possible to describe how much we appreciate Sean and Tara. There hospitality and attitude has been a godsend. I'm not sure we could have done all this without them. Even in the face of adding more people to their house, they've been real troopers. God bless them.
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