We are currently scheduled to fly back to Houston on Thursday. Assuming we can get there.

Entergy Texas are without power today at noon. The Texas-New Mexico Power Co., which services communities south of town, from Alvin to West Columbia, is 100 percent offline.

"We sustained a massive hit," said CenterPoint Energy spokesman Floyd LeBlanc, noting that 2.1 million customers out of 2.26 million are without power.

A CenterPoint customer is not neccessarily one person. For example, one family househould frequently has more.

"We're realizing there's a lot of property damage. Trees hit power lines, some fell on houses, buildings and cars. This storm did a lot of damage," he said.

Service trucks have already started to roll into neighborhoods across Houston now that winds have finally subsided and damage assessors are walking the power lines to check for breaks, according to CenterPoint spokesman Floyd LeBlanc.

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Power is flowing to downtown Houston, the Texas Medical Center and Bush Intercontinental Airport because those areas have underground power lines, LeBlanc said. Elsewhere, electricity was spotty at best.

I can say that we have spoken to my in-laws, who report all is well with them. One of Tiffany's grandmothers lives in Dickinson by the bayou, and she had feared that house would be lost, but it seems to have made it through with minimal damage. According to my friend Andrea and our next-door neighbor, our house is all right - no power, which is to be expected, but no broken windows or roof damage. That's a huge relief. I hope the news is as good for Galveston and the rest of the coastal areas.