Sorry, have been tired and tied up

Well, the past few weeks have certainly been exciting!!! Have hooked up and / or had lots o'stuff installed - hot water, washer / dryer, furnace and a/c. Still, many without electricity (they were close to the Bayous and had a surge destroy their home). People are coming back in little bits. Many are still in hotels and other dwellings (rented and friends). This certainly was bad and I don't think that folks elsewhere have seen the whole picture (other newsworthy items affecting them) and the lack of coverage makes it difficult to judge.

The large central debris field on Broadway and 59th street has been cleared and cleaned. There were stories about it possibly being a spot to put a FEMA trailer park. Visited the Post Office trailers, they will be here a while.

With the massive cuts going on at UTMB (while it may not look that way from the reports that they are laying off 3800 from about 12000, and since about 800 have already left or retired, they only have to decrease by about 3000) the island will be slower to recover. The layoffs affect the hospital side only essentially (research and the hospital prison are relatively unaffected due to their stable funding) which has a cadre of just under 5000 personnell. Go to the Galveston Daily News and you can also google utmb layoffs to find more info.

I will try to get out and photograph a few things and post them as well as keep up a bit better. I hope that you all are okay, and remember that you are not alone :).
Thanks