Chalmette,
I have to laugh at your little barking doggie.....I have 6 american eskimo doggies.....they were bread as perimeter guard dogs....to warn if anything comes even close to the house. It works....when a bird flys over.....they bark......if the cows come into the pasture across the street & start moving around....they bark. They bark when the little mice come into the kitchen where 3 of them are located.......they bark to get my attention for anything. I always take 3 of them with me everywhere...& have spent many days in hotels with them.....same thing happens with mine.....asked to keep them quiet or please leave. Most times they end up in the truck with me & not staying alone in the room....but in the real hot summer, that's impossible also. It's amazing what we do for our doggies & yes, they bark even when we are there.....but everyone feels better when the bark if followed by a shushhh----quiet!!!!!!.....lol.

I would think they would help out with hotel costs while you can't live in your houses? The 15 is only 10 days, but the 29th??????oh my.....I couldn't handle it that long without a shower.......I love backbacking & roughing it but there's a limit to my tolerance of myself & how cruddy I feel.

will be sniffing to see how your power is doing,
Debbie