Author Topic: Dogs and cats living together; Mass hysteria!!! (Read 2140 times)

RacerX · « **on:** September 21, 2005, 01:51:44 pm »

With hurricane Rita bearing down on the Texas coast, people have officially started going nuts. I'm in Bryan/College Station (home of Texas A&M University), which is over 150 miles inland. From what I am hearing, there is not a single bottle of water, flashlight, or "D" battery to be found in this town. People are freaking out.

I don't mean to understate the seriousness of a hurricane, and I do have enough food and water to last a few days, but you would think that nobody in this town owned a flashlight before today, and you would think that the city's water supply had been shut off.

Anyway, those of you who live close to the coast, be safe and get the heck further inland. Those already further inland, be prepared, but don't freak out.

That is all.

ChadTower · « **Reply #1 on:** September 21, 2005, 01:53:06 pm »

You would think they would have bought the stuff a while ago... everyone should have a bin full of basics in their basement.

Stingray · « **Reply #2 on:** September 21, 2005, 01:59:20 pm »

I heard talk of evacuating as far as 100 miles inland. I hope all you southern texas BYOACers stay safe.

-S

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #3 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:02:58 pm »

Q: What is George W. Bush's position on Roe vs. Wade?

A: He really doesn't give a <naughty word> how people get out of New Orleans.

ChadTower · « **Reply #4 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:05:00 pm »

I bet that's funnier spoken than read. Took me a second without the homonym based pun.

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #5 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:08:50 pm »

It was sent to me in an email, at first read it was a disturbing statement, but the joke finally sunk it.

grueinthebox · « **Reply #6 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:09:08 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on September 21, 2005, 01:53:06 pm

You would think they would have bought the stuff a while ago... everyone should have a bin full of basics in their basement.

We Texas folk don't have basements.

I live in Friendswood, about halfway between Houston and Galveston south on I-45.

ChadTower · « **Reply #7 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:13:43 pm »

So, no basement, put it someplace else that would be safe.

pointdablame · « **Reply #8 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:15:31 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on September 21, 2005, 01:53:06 pm

You would think they would have bought the stuff a while ago... everyone should have a bin full of basics in their basement.

That would require preparation for the future.... a skill that I believe 90% of the country lacks.

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #9 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:34:08 pm »

preparation

hmmm, never heard of it

i have lots of flashlights, not one with a working battery. however, every remote in my hosue works

Stingray · « **Reply #10 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:42:26 pm »

My wife and I could probably live for a month on the supplies that we have on hand at any given time. I very sincerely hope to never have to do so however.

-S

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #11 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:48:21 pm »

Why pay pre-hurricane prices, when you can get it for free after the hurricane?

ChadTower · « **Reply #12 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:50:53 pm »

That worked so well for the people in New Orleans when the Red Cross showed up with truckloads of food and water only to be denied access by the police.

Stingray · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:52:07 pm »

I'm pretty sure that was looting joke.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #14 on:** September 21, 2005, 02:54:53 pm »

Even better, loot it and then get shot for it while walking back to your pile of wood.

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2005, 03:05:00 pm »

It was a looting reference, but Chad's right, looting in Texas is a bad idea.

ChadTower · « **Reply #16 on:** September 21, 2005, 03:05:57 pm »

In Texas you can pretty much skip the breaking into Walmart for the guns. People will already have them.

Though, they may break into Walmart for more guns.

RacerX · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2005, 03:06:35 pm »

Well, this place isn't New Orleans. We're 150 miles inland, we're not below sea level, and we're not surrounded by levies holding back the sea.

That said, I'm prepared. I think my sister and her kids are coming here. But they may go East because the current track has the storm heading right over the top of us. It will still probably be a category 1 hurricane when it gets here.

RacerX · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2005, 03:08:11 pm »

Quote from: Dartful Dodger on September 21, 2005, 03:05:00 pm

It was a looting reference, but Chad's right, looting in Texas is a bad idea.

Very true. But I'll be the one carrying the 65" projection t.v. out of Best Buy when you see me on the news this weekend.

ChadTower · « **Reply #19 on:** September 21, 2005, 03:10:39 pm »

The dumb one, watching everyone running away with the much lighter and more expensive LCDs and plasma screens.

RacerX · « **Reply #20 on:** September 21, 2005, 03:15:01 pm »

But I'll have something to float on when the levies break!!! Oh, wait...

ChadTower · « **Reply #21 on:** September 21, 2005, 03:16:07 pm »

You're just stealing that TV so you can hollow it out and live in it, since you no longer have a house to put it in, right?

Zakk · « **Reply #22 on:** September 21, 2005, 03:32:51 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on September 21, 2005, 03:05:57 pm

In Texas you can pretty much skip the breaking into Walmart for the guns.

RacerX · « **Reply #23 on:** September 21, 2005, 04:32:47 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on September 21, 2005, 03:16:07 pm

You're just stealing that TV so you can hollow it out and live in it, since you no longer have a house to put it in, right?

It would be a cramped fit because it would be a DLP. But I will use it to plug the huge hole that the neighbor's oak tree is going to put in my wall.

ChadTower · « **Reply #24 on:** September 21, 2005, 04:34:16 pm »

Cramped is fine, since you decided to steal a TV instead of food. You'll shrink to fit.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #25 on:** September 22, 2005, 02:59:51 pm »

Get a few of these. Skip the need for batteries. Those crank radios work pretty well too. Got me 2 flashlights and one radio just because I was tired of having hardly used my Mag Lite since putting fresh batteries in 'em and the thing only working a few minutes. The radio was for camping.

Clickable link for shaker flashlight here

ChadTower · « **Reply #26 on:** September 22, 2005, 03:02:00 pm »

Time to practice that motion over and over to strengthen for when I need to use that flashlight.

It should take about 6 minutes.

Stingray · « **Reply #27 on:** September 22, 2005, 03:51:25 pm »

Drew, that's got to be the most obscene image I've ever seen on this board. Well played.

-S


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