Posted on 06/09/2008 5:36:22 AM PDT by Invisigoth
Despite being the finest people in the world, we Americans have a very short attention span – and even a shorter memory. We continuously have to complain, with the aid of cheap politicians, about “excessive” corporate profits. When we see someone making more money than we think they “deserve,” we are distraught and call for the government to “control” these profits. In essence, we forget about the massive good that a minimally regulated market has done to our quality of life, and point to these “unnecessary” profits to justify our skepticism about capitalism and appeal for increased government intervention.
Oh how easily we forget.
Last Wednesday, the power went out in my house. A massive storm had hit the Washington D.C. area and hundreds of thousands of homes were, within seconds, thrown back 100 years in time.
I arrived home on this hot evening to find everyone in shorts and sleeveless shirts – we had lost one of the greatest inventions in modern history – air conditioning.
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Get used to it. Once you have used up your mandated carbon allowance you will have to do this regularly.
I found out the hard way when Hurricane Alicia arrived. After the storm the heat was unbearable.
We were out of power for 8 days right in the middle of Houston after I think it was Alicia. AWFUL! We grew up here without a/c but we didn’t know better. I can’t make it in our heat and humidity now after being cool for so many years.
Old stuff for me. I’ve seen city-wide power outages that lasted for days. Within the last five years.
Several decades ago my lights and running water were out for three weeks after hurricane Dora.
This is not the end of the world.
8 days sounds about right. The only memory of Alicia was the heat after the storm. A generator was worth its weight in gold. This year, I am prepared for it. If we have another I hope you have it all planned out.
A/C, if the Ecoterrorists have their way you will be living in a Cave.
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