Lessons learned from a Hurricane

BlueHaya

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Lessons Learned during the Hurricane

1. Coffee and frozen pizzas can be made on a BBQ grill.

2. No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work without electricity.

3. My car gets 23.21675 miles per gallon, EXACTLY (you can ask the people in line who helped me push it).

4. Kids can survive 4 days or longer without a video game controller in their hand.

5. Cats are even more irritating without power.

6. He who has the biggest generator wins.

7. Women can actually survive without doing their hair.

8. A new method of non-lethal torture - showers without hot water.

9. There are a lot more stars in the sky than most people thought.

10. TV is an addiction and the withdrawal symptoms are painful.

11. A 7 lb bag of ice will chill 6-12 oz Budweiser's to a drinkable temperature in 11 minutes, and still keep a 14 lb. turkey frozen for 8 more hours.

12. There are a lot of dang trees around here.

13. Flood plain drawings on some mortgage documents were seriously wrong.

14. Aluminum siding, while aesthetically pleasing, is definitely not required.

15. Crickets can increase their volume to overcome the sound of 14 generators.

16. People will get into a line that has already formed without having any idea what the line is for.

17. When required, a Lincoln Continental will float, doesn't steer well but floats just the same.

18. Tele-marketers function no matter what the weather is doing.

19. Cell phones work when land lines are down, but only as long as the battery remains charged.

20. 27 of your neighbors are fed from a different transformer than you, and they are quick to point that out!

21. Hampers were not made to contain such a volume.

22. If my store sold only ice, chainsaws, gas and generators... I'd be rich.

23. Price of a can of soup rises 200% in a storm.

24. Your water front property can quickly become someone else's fishing hole.

25. Tree service companies are under appreciated.

26. I learned what happens when you make fun of another states' blackout.

27. MATH 101: 30 days in month, minus 6 days without power equals 30% higher electric bill ?????

28. Drywall is a compound word, take away the "dry" part and it's worthless.

29. I can walk a lot farther than I thought.
 
:rofl::rofl: Glad ole Ike stayed east of the DFW area. At least you have something to share with your grandkids. Oh and on that same note in nine months Houstons birth rate is going to explode. lol See ya next Friday Blue. And stock up on bug spray!!
 
ain't that the truth, well said.
beleive it or not i am sick today not sure cold or allergy. i was ok till i got power back on!!! maybe my body rejected the nice dry cool ac feeling!:laugh:
 
I hope you did not have to suffer through this Rodney! My parents lived through a lot of it being so close to Freeport.
 
BACK ON NOW? I HOPE SO I have new respect 4 hurricanes that sucker blew
some sideing off my house+ im in southern I.N.:bowdown:
 
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