It's A Different World

Needless to say, things around here are a little different. There are the things that you would expect...like trees down in some one's yard and nearly 24 hour news coverage.

What has caught me off guard has been sights like:

billboards bent over at odd angles

lines at the gas stations that are ten or twelve cars deep

lines out of the grocery store doors

empty shelves after empty shelves when you finally get in the door of the grocery store

no restaurants open for blocks on end

two traffic lights on, three traffic lights off, one traffic light on, two traffic lights off...on the same street

pallets of ice just inside the door of stores

We are trying to get back to normal at work...but it sure is hard. So few of our vendors are able to operate because of power outages or telephone disruptions. We have heard very little from our contract customers...but many calls from our service customers who find they have alarm problems as soon as their power is restored.

We have to plan ahead to have gasoline to get back and forth to the office. We have to call around to find a place open to get lunch during the workday. We have to try to determine whether or not the guys can get to and from their jobsites...and then their lunch and fuel is another concern!

Even the sight of school buses have become a rarity, other than out where we are. Most schools in the greater Houston area will be out until at least Friday.