Rita: Power Outages & Miscellaneous Worries

We have power, but our friends still don't. This news about power restoration isn't encouraging, but sounds alarmist to me.

My biggest concern, not that state planners are consulting me or anything: Fuel. The people who are coming back will be out of gas once they get here and I have bad news--there is hardly any stations here with gas and the word gets out quick if there is any.

Another concern: what if a hurricane, terrorist attack, earthquake in California, tornado in Kansas, and the Great Lakes flooded all at the same time? We need a National Plan says the Army. Yes we do.