I once more tried calling Linkster and this time I get an automated voice service

"Due to the Hurricane in the area you are trying to call, phone service is temporary out of order"

Hope all is well Linkster and everyone else in the area.

One quick post. We are still without power and telephone including cell service. No place to get gas to run the generator. Bo went to Jackson to his boat yard and emptied the gas out of the boats there but it is not going to last long. Today, Rural Power Association service man checked on me and said it would be two weeks before I had power.

Linkster is about 70 miles west of me. He is probably without power and phone but should be okay as it did not hit that area as bad.

I see from another thread that Linkster has been heard from and is ok. :)

Sign of a real pro webmaster: "No power yet ....Cable modem is down so I'm using my backup ADSL" In other words; She got back online before she got her power back. That's what I call getting your priorities right (assuming you hooked the coffee machine up to the generator first).

Start of the day after…

Get up from sleeping in my 70F bedroom, turn off the A/C and pull down the blanket blocking hot air from coming through my not completely closed bedroom door that has the one room A/C's vent stuck through it venting out of my bedroom.

Put kitchen fan on high and put espresso on the stove and turn on the stove.

Grab fire extinguisher and hit button to open electric garage door and pour another 5 gallons of gas into the generator from my 8 five gallon tanks of storage.

Come back into kitchen, hit the button to close the garage door. Pour espresso and add cold cold fat free cream from the refrigerator. Turn off kitchen fan and stove.

Go to my office, turn on the TV, satellite is working, and put the fan on high. Notice that cable modem is not working so I plug the ethernet cable from ADSL modem into my laptop.

I hate this…