Morning Roundup: Post-Ike edition

After three and a half days with no Internet connection, Houstonist HQ is finally starting to get back online, and we're trying to catch up with the news we've been missing. To kick things off, we thought we'd collect the latest Ike headlines, which you'll find below. If you have any additional information to share, please leave comments. We, and your neighbors, will appreciate it — especially if you know where to score some ice.

• Electricity: As of last night, CenterPoint Energy had restored power to 588,000 customers, which leaves 1.56 million to go; use the Chronicle's power map to find and report where the lights have come back on
• Water: Though Houston's city water supply has come through testing with only one isolated problem, Mayor Bill White is warning Houstonians to continue boiling drinking water that comes from the tap (that's at least two minutes at a rolling boil) or avoid the issue altogether by drinking bottled water. Remember, you can shower in unboiled tap water, but no singing in the shower — you don't want to get it in your mouth. (And don't brush your teeth with it, either.)
• Transportation: Metro has added some bus lines to its list of operational transit today; in addition, MetroRail won't be operating, but Metro will operate a bus along the light rail line, making stops at each rail station. Service will run until 8 p.m. Not that it really matters right now, but HOV lanes don't have power and will not be open today.
• What's open: The Chronicle is keeping a list of businesses that are open, and it's growing every day
• What's closed: Check here for a list of school closings
• FEMA: Here's a list of resources you may need if you were affected by the hurricane
• As Ike presses on through the U.S., the death toll from the storm has hit nearly 40, most of them in severely flooded areas of the Midwest
• Locally, frustration showed in all quarters as Southeast Texas works to recover from the hurricane
• Instructions to some evacuees: Stay put while basic services are restored
• The situation in Galveston is only getting worse as city officials report a growing health crisis on the island; meanwhile, as many as 20,000 Galvestonians won't leave the city despite being urged to do so
• On Bolivar Peninsula, the destruction was widespread, but survivors are being found among the wreckage
• The damage in Chambers County was catastrophic, officials say; in Brazoria, emergency coordinators report they're not getting as much help as they need
• Resident: 'There's not much of anything left in Crystal Beach'
• Ike didn't damage the new Galveston Causeway, an initial inspection shows
• But Galveston's historic buildings didn't fare as well: According to a survey, an estimated 1,500 of the city's 7,000 documented historic structures were damaged in the storm
• And, though the Galveston Daily News had more than its share of damage, the paper didn't miss a beat during Ike
• Baytown's leaders are urging residents to be patient as hurricane recovery continues there
• But across the region, it's hard to be patient when you're stuck in a monster line at a gas station
• President Bush will visit Galveston and Houston today to check out the damage and the government's response
• HISD, reporting mostly minor damage to its 290 schools, likely won't re-open for a week to 10 days as investigations and repairs are made
• HPD has arrested nearly 100 people for looting since the hurricane passed; overall, crime hasn't increased in the city
• The Red Cross is operating four shelters in the area for Ike evacuees and is working to open more
• Gas prices in Houston have shot up 9 cents a gallon since Ike hit Friday; the local average for a gallon of regular unleaded is now $3.58
• There has been a national spike in gas prices, too, but experts say Ike isn't to blame
• NASA's Johnson Space Center could be closed all week, a spokesman said; among the things damaged was Mission Control's roof
• For the most part, the animals at Moody Gardens are OK, though the penguins came within 2 degrees of real trouble
• And, speaking of animals, how about the baby elephant who helped clean up the Houston Zoo on Sunday?
• Amid the post-storm chaos come stories that remind us why we love Houstonians
• Along the coast, communities and beaches disappeared when Ike hit — so how should rebuilding proceed?
• And, in the wake of the hurricane, is there anything in the tropics that we should be worried about? Not at the moment, thank goodness
• Today's weather: In a word, beautiful — expect a lot of sun, a high of 82 and a low around 64. It makes not having a/c a lot more bearable, doesn't it?