Power is at about 95-98% in Huntsville now. I'm back at work today, and everyone I work with is ok. Some lost their homes, but no one here was seriously hurt. Great news.
We've been swapping stories about how we all made it without power. Some really creative people here! Some people just left town, lots of people were cooking with charcoal on grills and homemade rigs like mine. One guy even made a charcoal burner that could fry chicken!
Some had generators, and one guy had solar panels, deep cell battery arrays, and power inverters that he bought a while back but never used. He hooked them up the day after the storm, and they worked great! He would charge the batteries during the day with the panels, and then run the fridge, TV, DVD player, and internet at night. He has AT&T DSL on a landline, and it never went down.
Also, my company sponsored a volunteer work force on Monday and helped clear devastated areas, and the CEO made a 25k donation to the local Red Cross. Plus, they have said that all the time we were out due to the storms will be swept under the rug with full pay, so no need to burn vacation or sick leave for the lost time.
It's always amazing to see how resilient and giving people can be!