Just reading about Ike online...

From the NY Times: A couple were surveying the damage (not much to their home), "... it would have been much easier had the city not turned off the water and gas... We understand that they needed to take precautions but I need a cup of coffee something vicious and the toilet needs flushing..."

So, the city should have left the water lines open to contamination, and left the gas available for a holocaust, just so a couple of dimwits who didn't have the foresight to collect some water and a small stove could have coffee and flush the toilet!

Sue