Posted on 09/12/2018 6:48:39 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
And there are some on this site that claim a full blown civil war would last years.
All they need to do is watch this.
I NEVER feel sorry for the last minute crowd-———this all could have been taken care of days ago.
Morons!
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Some people do not understand that you have to be prepared in advance of a storm. One year I cam home from work and had expected that my wife would have gone to Sam's for supplies that day. The hurricane was expected to hit in 2 days. My wife had not gone to the store for anything. She said "I thought I'd go tomorrow". I said "tomorrow there won't be anything!". That's the way it is down here when a storm is coming. Stores run out of essentials. You have to stand in long lines just get what is left.
If you are out of harm’s way congratulations, but this storm will cause devastation and suffering. Perhaps offering prayers instead of sarcasm might be prudent.
what does that mean exactly? what is your definition of a typical American?
There are more reasons than just laziness that prevent people from leaving earlier. Empathy and humility might be in order here.
Same hear. My husband calls me a food hoarder but in case of an emergency we’re loaded with non-perishables. He’s a big soup fan so I always have at least 2 dozen cans in the pantry.
“There are more reasons than just laziness that prevent people from leaving earlier.”
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Of course there are,but you see this type of thing EVERY time there is a much hyped weather event.
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You wish you had a GAS stove?
Go to a sporting goods store and look at the COLEMAN propane camping stove. I kept the one from my boat and it has been a sanity saver through a couple of blizzard caused power outages.
They are SAFE, they are actually self-igniting (push ceramic starter), they are HOT enough to pan fry steaks.
All that is required is proper safe handling.
Haha. My hubby loves soup too so we always have lots of it because I buy a ton when it’s on sale. Heck, you can darn near live off the soup alone.
Maybe you never notice but the MSM are making Weather insane by changing words
Less than $40.00 at ‘Wally World’
Years ago I was stuck inside during a blizzard-—I had lots of soup and rice in the house.
I heated the soup,partially drained it,and dumped it on the rice.
Not exactly gourmet eating,but it sufficed.
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Note to self, don’t move to Durham.
What idiots. As if they weren’t told a hurricane was coming a week or two ago. In half the time they fought over bottled water, they could have filled every container in the house and the tub (cleaned, of course) with inexpensive tap water.
How many in the evacuation areas will remain and wonder why they aren’t rescued in the middle of it all? This weekend, they’ll be crying they have no food or water and it’ll be all Trump’s fault.
Currently working in Durham and resting my weary bones at night in Chapel Hill. Don’t care what anybody says, I was around Raleigh through Fran in ‘96 and I have been in Cat 4s and 3s on the coast. The hype around here is almost on par with inciting a riot. They will tell anybody within their listening area that they risk certain DEATH unless they act now. Of course, they will fall back on the old “better safe than sorry” excuse when they realize all their millions of dollars worth of weather technology and thousands of collective years in weather experience and with two days out, all they can produce is a map of North and South Carolina with a plate of spaghetti noodles piled on top.
Stopped in at the Food Lion to pick up a 12-pack of beer and some raw jumbo shrimp (on sale) last night and there were 6 or 7 check-out registers, 5, 6, 7 people deep each with at least one full buggy, many with two. 3, 4 cases of bottled water, 24 jumbo rolls of Charmin, cereal, soda, bread, etc...
What gas stations that are not out of gas, have lines going out into the street. Passed a Sheetz station on Hillsborough Road in Durham yesterday after work, yellow tape around the pumps (out of gas) and this morning at 6:30am (after a late night delivery) packed again with cars pumping gas.
My last storm prep stop this afternoon will be stopping at the ABC on the way home. Thinking Dark and Stormys. A simple hand basket will do... um, I think.
Or could be in a situation at any given moment to not have Cash/Funds/Credit on hand and having to wait for the problem to be resolved. Like those that live paycheck to paycheck or may have just paid all the bills to keep the Utility companies from shutting things off. Or just spent Hundreds of Dollars at the Pharmacy on Meds to stay alive.
Should I keep on listing more things ?
Not everyone has piles of money.
I once counted the tp rolls in grandma’s house - 640.
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