Thanks to all of you who sent kind notes over the last week. Hurricane Isaac was "only" a Category 1, but it was slow-moving and packed a real punch for the City of New Orleans and especially for some surrounding areas such as Braithwaite. Being without power for four or more days caused all sorts of issues, but fortunately most of New Orleans now has electricity again. I did learn every trick there is for squeezing the most battery life out of an iPhone while you are simultaneously making extensive use of it to get news and to communicate using an overloaded 3G network — multiple backup batteries, brightness turned way down, shutting down the phone between uses, etc.
Now it is time to get back to work. Give me a few days to catch up and I'll get iPhone J.D. running again.
