Well, some of the post hurricane recovery has come straight to our front door. Something like a dozen vehicles including a Bobcat and various digging equipment converged around our front yard this morning in search of a gas leak. An equal number of guys are still hovering around a huge, maybe 10-foot-square hole in the sidewalk a few houses over. There's another big hole further down the block. The entire street along our row of houses is blocked off. They still haven't found the leak and may work into tonight and tomorrow. Amazing how much personnel and gear a small crack in a gas pipe can mobilize.

- mike lee - baltimore