Amusement:

The following SMS just showed up on my iPhone: "Text from 604-4. From AT&T on behalf of the CDC - Urgent info 4 those in Ike area. Don't use generators indoors, near open windows or in garage. Drink bottled water only."

Well, alright then. Cellular service has been sucking less than it did right after the storm came through. I've discovered that, if I stand in the kitchen window, I get a decent 3G signal (enabling me to watch the splitting funny Palin-Clinton skit from Saturday Night Live). On the other side of the house, I'm lucky if I get one bar of service.

I'm going to wander around more this afternoon and shoot more pictures. Yeah, I've got real work to do, but there's just zero ability for me to sit down and focus on serious technical writing and editing for a research paper. My brain is somewhere else entirely.