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From one Texan to another, I'm sorry you went through that. I hope you have or are able to work through it. And I hope you're enjoying your niche interests these days!
I think you and I are the only Texans on here.. I swear any time I mention it, bam! There you are! Still think you're a better option than MIA governor Abbott. Lolol.
The Fartographer is also one of our kin. They're (she, I think, but I won't swear to it) pretty fucking cool. You are, too.
I like to sit at the bar and people watch while I'm chatting on Lemmy so I'm always around.
Fair enough! And I appreciate that! And I think I've seen their name around here before too. I do enjoy your perspective on our shared plight in this... place.
And that must be pretty entertaining considering what our drunks can get up to.
I've been all around the world and there ain't no drunks like the ones in Houston. I'm sitting in a bar in a strip mall next to a children's learning center. They're kind of extra tonight, probably because they've been down due to Beryl.
We really do make em special, don't we. But tonight, they probably deserve it.
I'm also from Texas. I wish our politicians didn't suck so hard.
Oh, I forgot to ask, did you get power back?
Nope! CenterPoint is still pissing away all our time and I can see the fuse blown on the damn pole that's keeping my power off.
Thankfully, I have some mitigation for the heat, but it's been rough! Today was the first day any of the gas stations near me had any power to even pump gas.
Thanks for asking!
Ok, that's pretty fucked up. Which side are you on? I'm a hair out of Katy in a suburb up from the energy corridor and my power was back on in like 24 hours.
I'm so sorry that shit is happening to you. You need anything? A care package?
South East Houston outside the loop. Closer to NASA but not quite. So it was pretty well in that path. Water was ankle deep from the flooding, but didn't make it to my place.
And I am at peace with it at this point. Those first two nights before I jerryrigged something to get a window unit to work really were like a heat induced soul quest. Between that and raging with my fellow houstonians on X and trying to radicalize them, it's been an interesting experience.
I very much appreciate the offer, but there are people far worse off currently than I am. If you do feel so inclined, make a donation to a beneficial charity to help the old folks out! I'm 30. I can take it. Plenty in this city can't.
We are set to do a gig that helps the people who are really in trouble. The door and half the drink sales go to those folks. I don't know the details but I trust the bar owner because I've known them for years. I've made a few donations to the Red Cross as well.
I guess since we interact I like to see my friends taken care of. All my personal friends are currently taken care of (one is crashing in my guest room until her electricity is back). So, and please don't take offense to this, you're a third level friend. I want to make sure you're alright too. So now I'll make another donation because I don't know who else to donate to. No one seems to be old people in Houston specifically.
Fair enough!