Love rollercoaster (Ohio Players) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG7RWnB8stU not to be mistaken for Wall Street.

☣ Study: Cell phones dirtier than toilet seats - http://bit.ly/1hisjE

'Wall Street will get its house in order when it snows on Mars.' Oops, cannot use that line any more. ;)

"Where 'products' and 'services' once were, now 'solutions' will be." - Tom Peters, Re-imagine!

Ike: Death Toll increases to 32

Day 17 - 112,900 customers still without power.

	# of Customers		29-Sep
CenterPoint	2,258,000	5%	112,900
Entergy Texas	392,600	0%	-
Sam Houston	115,000	0%	-
TNMP	66,000	0%	-
Total			112,900

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"Vote Appears to Catch Bush by Surprise" - Wall Street Journal online. [Vote] - substitute ANY word you'd like. Still valid. ;)

Post Ike Stress Syndrome - downtown 4th/5th floor electrical panels fail. Corp datacenter on 4th. Oops. CEO's birthday is today; BB addict.

#ike Day 17: Here the 7% (167,000) still without power speak their minds: http://bit.ly/42uMjS

#ike Day 16: 270,960 customers without power. Still. And over 400 people still "missing". After 2 weeks, it ain't over folks.

Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman..."...failure to communicate..."

Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman ..."...failure to communicate..." via Newman's Own... http://ping.fm/YR887

Hoping Paul Newman's family sees/senses the *global* outpouring from fans and friends. Decades. Global. Legend. Humanitarian.

RIP, Paul Newman. My personal favorite: "...failure to communicate." http://bit.ly/3pkk8L Etched into my brain decades ago.

#debate Word count from http://bit.ly/UFi1r - observations here: http://bit.ly/3pkk8L Example: tax=52 times, economy=16, spending=41, etc.

Debate: Word Count

Interesting random "count" of words used in 2008 1st Presidential (USA) debate:

*note: words and their derivatives (i.e. "tax" would also include "taxes")

Word	# of times used
tax	52
spending	41
war	39
Iraq	38
billion	35
Afghanistan	34
Iran	32
economy	16
Qaeda	15
crisis	15
financ(e)(ial)	12

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#ike Day 15:386,500 customers still without power. Approx. 1.159million people. Only 9 cities larger than that. e.g.Boston+2weeks no power=?

Whole City equivalents with NO POWER...for 2 weeks?

Context: 386,500 'customers' is approximately equal to 1.159million people. In a 2005 census estimate there are only 9 cities in the US that have more than 1.159million people.

So imagine whole cities like: Detroit, San Jose, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Washington, D.C., Memphis, Baltimore, Boston, Seattle, Milwaukee -- for 2 weeks with NO POWER.

Imagine.

	# of Customers		27-Sep
CenterPoint	2,258,000	17%	383,860
Entergy Texas	392,600	0%	-
Sam Houston	115,000	0%	-
TNMP	66,000	4%	2,640
Total			386,500

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"Branding is the hard-earned Certification of True & Cool Distinction within the org's sphere of influence, enormous or minuscule."TomPeters

#ike Day 14- 457,540 Customers still without power
If 1 "customer" represents approximately 3 people, that's still over 1.3 million people!

#ike Day 14 - 457,540 Customers still without power

If each "customer" represents approximately 3 people, that's still over 1.3 million people! 2 weeks later.

	# of Customers		26-Sep
CenterPoint	2,258,000	20%	451,600
Entergy Texas	392,600	0%	-
Sam Houston	115,000	0%	-
TNMP	66,000	9%	5,940
Total			457,540

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"Think about your {mission} in terms of: Story. Adventure. Smile. Focus. Plot. Reason for being. Passion." Tom Peters, Re-imagine! {my word}

#ike Day 13 - illegal immigrants (undocumented works) will be the linchpin in Ike cleanup. [gee, what a surprise...not!]

#ike Day 13 - 520,882 without power.

Interesting headline:
Undocumented workers will be linchpin in Ike cleanup — Hurricane Ike's destruction is sparking one of the largest rebuilding efforts the state has seen in decades, but at the same time is highlighting a thorny facet of the region's labor force: A lot of the recovery work will be done by illegal immigrants.

	# of Customers		25-Sep
CenterPoint	2,258,000	22%	496,760
Entergy Texas	392,600	2%	7,852
Sam Houston	115,000	13%	14,950
TNMP	66,000	2%	1,320
Total			520,882

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#suspending #ike recovery efforts...is *not* an option.

#ike WOW! 47% of "customers" in my neighborhood still don't have power. Counting my blessings. http://www.centerpointenergy.com/staticfiles/CNP/Common/SiteAssets/doc/zipchart_sept%2024_5am.pdf

#ike Day 12 - 621,380 customers NO power; 250,000+ NO running water

Oh, and traffic signals in the USA's 4th largest city - most offline - some won't be fixed until November. Try running your city without traffic signals for just a couple weeks.

	# of Customers		24-Sep
CenterPoint	2,258,000	26%	587,080
Entergy Texas	392,600	5%	19,630
Sam Houston	115,000	3%	3,450
TNMP	66,000	17%	11,220
Total			621,380

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#ike, Day 11 - 787,500 customers remain withOUT power. Temp soars to 32C/90F. Next? Tempers.

Ike, Day 11 - 787,500 customers remain withOUT power

Temps reach 32C/90F and 3/4 of a million customers have NO power.

	# of Customers		23-Sep
CenterPoint	2,258,000	32%	722,560
Entergy Texas	392,600	10%	39,260
Sam Houston	115,000	12%	13,800
TNMP	66,000	18%	11,880
Total			787,500

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#ike Day10 Scenario: for every 100 traffic lights; 90 of them are dark; 9 flashing red; 1 working. And that's an improvement!

"...design is... the principal reason for emotional attachment (or detachment) relative to a product or service or experience." Tom Peters

Ike: 917,448 Customers w/ Power Outages - Greater Houston Area

Today's numbers (derived from the %s)

	# of Customers		22-Sep
CenterPoint	2,258,000	36%	812,880
Entergy Texas	392,600	18%	70,668
Sam Houston	115,000	18%	20,700
TNMP	66,000	20%	13,200
Total			917,448

And to be clear, a "customer" is not 1 person, but typically 3-4 people (a.k.a. "household")

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1st day of Autumn. Temp = 32C/90F and it's Autumn?

#ike Day9-5000 sq. miles of massive destruction. Wooden everything ripped/twisted/uprooted: trees, fences, utility poles. Steel stood strong

#ike Day9 - Clever deception - 1,169,642 customers still without power.Unbelievable for the 4th largest city in the USA. http://bit.ly/RW4ZP

Clever deception: using %

(reports are now only using % instead of real #s - real number equate to real people. % avoid that.)

>>now

CenterPoint:	46% out
Entergy Texas:	22% out
Sam Houston:	25% out
TNMP:	24% out

CenterPoint	2,258,000	46%	1,038,680
Entergy Texas	392,600	22%	86,372
Sam Houston	115,000	25%	28,750
TNMP	66,000	24%	15,840
Total			1,169,642

>>then
September 19, 2008

Power update: CenterPoint reaches halfway mark

CenterPoint Energy (9 p.m., figures rounded)
1.12 million customers without power
2.258 million total customers
50 percent out

Entergy Texas (4:30 p.m.)
177,955 customers without power
392,600 total customers
45 percent out

Texas-New Mexico Power Co. (7 p.m.)
28,750 customers without power
115,000 total customers
25 percent out

Sam Houston Electric Cooperative (7 p.m.)
30,822 customers without power
66,000 total customers
47 percent out

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#ike Day8: making rounds, with a technical specialist, to a couple of our centers that will re-open Monday. Gotta be "Business Ready".

#ike Day7: Back in Houston. There's a palpable tension everywhere. On the fence, fine line, from turning chaotic. Man w/1bag ice assaulted!

"The aim in short: Cool People working on Cool Projects with Cool Clients." Tom Peters, Re-imagine! [and that aim is "Nirvana"]

#ike Day7 - Pilgrimage back to Houston; 3hrs. Will Qik updates. Catch up with corporate stuff.

#ike Day6 - Just called my answering machine @ home. It answered! (i.e. power restored after 6 days) W00t! [normally this is not newsworthy]

#ike Houston: FREE BEER! (that's the way to get your power back on. picture>http://ping.fm/i0OjP

#ike Day6 Power restoration. Just saw this map by zip code. I'm last. Dang! http://ping.fm/bftFp

#ike Powergrid operator CenterPoint lambasted on restoration "map". Houston, Texas http://bit.ly/3lHX74 Bad move CP. ☠

Wow, just saw FULL SCREEN on CNN with Twitter address along with email address as contact means. Twitter. On CNN? Yes! (may be old news?)

#ike Day5:State of Ohio=1.3million without power; City of Houston=2million without power. All bad. How to spell FEMA? F-A-I-L (Whale)☠

#ike 1.46million customers...and this is progress? CP executives: "What's our stock price? Not high enough. Stall." Allegedly. :)

Relaying: "orchid8 Sign says: do not travel to Houston or Beaumont. You will run out of fuel." Ike Reality Show, Day #4.

CenterPoint Energy reported 1.49 million customers, or 66 percent of its customers, still were without power as of 10 a.m. today.FAIL WHALE!

#ike Houston - Day4; 2million households no power=No fridge,No water,No gas pumps. 1% more connected to power yesterday. This rate=70days!

#ike safe & sound. Lost power @1:30am CDT; lost sleep all night :) buckets of rain, fierce winds - like going thru car wash in house. 77008.

#ike It's "when" not "if". @ 77008 no rain yet; winds mild/sporadic.But coastal already w/ 105,000 customers without power!Worst is to come.

Pasta "al dente", Paul Newman italian sausage & bell pepper sauce - ready to eat. #ike -satellite dish recp off/on now. Wind picking up.

Mobile Phone Email Text Formats:just issued my first email to "Everyone" list @ work (about 1200 people).http://bit.ly/2BmU4a Ike approaches

Mobile Text Email formats

US Carriers	email messaging format
AT&T	phone#@txt.att.net
Nextel	phone#@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint	phone#@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile	phone#@tmomail.net
Verizon	phone#@vtext.com
Virgin Mobile	phone#@vmobl.com
Beyond GSM	phone#@txt.att.net
Centennial Wireless	phone#@cwemail.com
Cellular South	phone#@csouth1.com
Cincinnati Bell	phone#@gocbw.com
Boost mobile	phone#@myboostmobile.com
AirVoice	GSM:phone#@txt.att.net
AirVoice	CDMA:phone#@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Alltel	phone#@message.alltel.com
Qwest	phone#@qwestmp.com
MetroPCS	phone#@mymetropcs.com
Cricket	phone#mms.mycricket.com

"Remember, passion is contagious -- spread from person-to-person, mouth-to-mouth." - Tom Peters, Re-imagine! [so, true; leverage passion.]

"Turn every part of your enterprise into a scintillating Professional Service Firm. Scintillating = good word, BIG WORD." -Tom Peters

"Treating people -- not money, machines, or minds -- as the natural resource may be the key to it all." - Tom Peters, Re-imagine! [*is* key]

"Groovie Little Hippie Pad" by ZZ Top - listening at lunch today. Sirius-16, The Vault. Funny...those 60's.

"If you're serious about innovation, you have to get serious...and systematic...about forgetting. Period." - Tom Peters, Re-imagine!

10k/6mi/1.5liters water later/only 30C/86F -- cooling off finally. Autumn is around the corner? Sweet!

Forgot I had graciously be granted a Ping.fm code in mid-June only to discover it's now in open beta. Oh well...still cool. :)