Another Ike and Tina Turner track reminds us that Hurricane Ike is long gone from Houston now.

So more and more shops and businesses are getting back on line now. Sadly, as the picture above shows, this doesn’t really help if the shelves are empty. It also doesn’t help if, like us, you’re waiting for deliveries of things like furniture and the store is either still closed or the delivery has been rescheduled to next week.

Schools are closed here in Spring until next week now, but are opening in some areas of the Houston area day by day.

CenterPoint Energy has restored power to 750,000 customers now, but that still leaves still has to restore power to 1.25 million customers to restore and this still includes us.

A battery-powered radio is our close friend now...