Suck it, Entergy! (okay okay my last suck it title)

Yes he's smiling crooked.  He has one HUGE permanent tooth in on top and it throws everything off.  This chinaberry tree came down in a neighbors yard in my parents' town, three hours north of landfall.

Our house is fine, Mike is safe.  That storm was 1 click below a category 3 storm and it was really scary for him.  I don't think he'll stay for any more that strong.  Lots of flooding, lots of tornados, lots of scary-ass wind gusts of 100 mph.  We don't have power at home, but really no one has power.  Luckily our town still has water and sewer.  How do you clean your bathtub well enough to drink out of it?  

The power situation is what is so troubling, hence my title.  Our power company, Entergy, is reporting catastrophic power failure.  Something like out of 187 transmission lines 119 are down.  And they don't even take care of Houston.  Those poor 5.6 million people use Centerpoint Entergy.  So anyway (here comes my political hat) thanks to deregulation work forces for energy companies have been cut to cut expenses, maximize profits and give all the executives the salaries they deserve.  Yay deregulation.  What that translates to is our sweet little house not having power for 3 to 7 weeks.  So no work, no school, no being at home for 3 to 7 weeks.  

But who's complaining??  We are SAFE and our house is FINE.  I'm a happy camper, emphasis on camper (lol).

Thank you, dear ones, for the sweet calls and emails.