As an aside on the sewage story: I still have water backup held over from Y2K prep. I justified keeping it because of hurricaine season. Glad I didn't ditch it. Houston, we have a problem......

http://www.khou.com/news/stories/2679.html fair use,etc Houston Cellular Problems3:20 pm May 25, 2000 People who used their cell phones this Thursday afternoon were in for an unpleasant surprise. Houston Cellular reported that customers in downtown Houston, Baytown, Pasadena, and northeast Houston had trouble with their cell phones. The company is unsure of how many customers were affected. (Copyright 2000 by KHOU. All rights reserved.)

-- mike in houston (mmorris67@hotmail.com), May 25, 2000