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Old 09-20-2008, 10:32 PM
cacophony
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Re: Hurricane Ike relief
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Originally Posted by holden View Post
i live in NW Houston, and have not had power for a week
my in-laws are all in houston and they've been struggling without power. fortunately most of them sustained no more damage than losing their fences, but it's been really tough to go this long without electricity. my mother-in-law is in the westchase area and she just got power back yesterday. my father-in-law is in missouri city and got his power back today, i believe. i know a girl who lives up in the woodlands, up NW of the city, and she was told they probably won't have power back until the 25th. i can't imagine going that long.

it's really terrible the way the media has totally glossed over this and not shown the damage and the ways in which people are struggling to get by while basic utilities are out. i guess without a higher death toll it just wasn't sexy enough for the major media outlets to care.