This picture made me smile. Years ago they probably would have been playing cards by candlelight. According to Mr. Muniz, he and his son have watched a movie in the car every night since the storm.

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With power out throughout their subdivision following Hurricane Ike, Don Muniz and his son Benny, 9, watch a movie on a portable DVD player in their car while sitting in the driveway at their home in the Champions neighborhood in northwest Harris County, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.