Neighbors

The cool front must be a godsend for the million here still without power. Before the hurricane, we wached TV to track Ike and find out how bad it would be.

Now I keep the news on for regular official updates (do we need to boil water, what grocery stores are open and do they have power so we can buy milk, meat and produce) and can’t see watching the talking heads talk about “human interest” stories day and night. But this is one I love.

In one Houston neighborhood, the Heights, many trees are down and entwined in a spaghetti of power lines. One side of the street has power, the other does not. A neighbor laid an extension cord along the street and connected it to a neighbor directly across, ostensibly to power the refrigerator. Every home on the “have” side of the street did the same. Isn’t that great?