Here's the projected totals from local news once the storm passes (from abc13.com): Projected Storm Surge Impact *572,000 people within storm surge area *6 drinking water plants impacted by storm surge *34 wastewater treatment facilities impacted by storm surge *54 Police Stations, 89 Fire Stations, and 32 Ambulance services impacted by storm surge *10 Hospitals with more than 10 beds impacted by storm surge *47 Nursing Homes impacted by storm surge *7 wire centers impacted by storm surge *140 electric power substations impacted by storm surge *48 non-nuclear generating units impacted by surge *10 industrial plants including oil refineries and chemical plants are co-located with 41 generators impacted by storm surge Projected Electric Power Outage Impact *5.2 million customers may lose power in Texas *99 drinking water plants in electric power outage area (only 14 plants serve more than 50,000) *More than 1,500 wastewater treatment facilities are located in electric power outage area *799 Police Stations, 1,973 Fire Stations, and 641 Ambulance Services within electric power outage area *256 Hospitals with more than 50 beds within electric power outage area. *1,263 Nursing Homes within electric power outage area Projected Petroleum and Natural Gas Sector Impacts * 95% of Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas production suspended *1.25 million bbl/day of oil production, 6% of U.S. petroleum demand *6.9 Bcf/day of natural gas production, 11% of U.S. daily average natural gas demand Posted by KTRK on September 12, 2008