Your mileage may vary.
Posted on 11/01/2012 5:53:08 PM PDT by Morgana
On Twitter, there are widespread reports about fistfights and people bringing guns to gas stations, thanks to gas shortages in New York and New Jersey. Some on Twitter are also reporting that law enforcement has been stationed around many gas stations to prevent incidents:
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My mistake.
It is actually a fun neighborhood scooter in normal times. Top speed is governor-limited to 28 mph because it is moped class, but will climb very steep hills.
I hate that people are suffering. Really, I do. I’ve been caught unprepared before and it sucks.
BUT...
With all the talk of prepping that’s been going on for the past few years, it’s not like it is difficult to see what’s going on around you and wake up or find info or likeminded people to guide you in the right direction. You don’t even have to have a lot of money to start.
Lots of my preps come from the fact that I camp several times a year, and like to have all the comforts of home. We had food and at least two ways to cook it, water, heat, and I was even able to rig one of the table lamps in the living room to run via an inverter off of a 12V RV marine battery. It is amazing how light from an ordinary table lamp improves morale and makes a situation much more “survivable”.
And, had I needed to “bug out”, I also had a full tank and 5 extra gallons of gas in the basement. Even with my thirsty SUV, that’d have gotten me a good 400 miles away.
I’m not a hardcore prepper, but the derecho this summer and Sandy taught me that buying and putting away just a few essentials makes days without power much more liveable.
A basic lesson that a remarkably large number of people fail to realize. Much easier to call the preppers “paranoid whack jobs” and continue living a smug but clueless life.
Thanks for the report.
Remember, wherever possible, try to steer clear of situations that can escalate. In situations like that, the more invisible/non-threatening you appear, the better.
Your mileage may vary.
Electrics to deliver good torque.
Hope things get better soon.
It’s an adventure, get into the gestalt.
Your situation would do most of us good... for a short while.
All that 1,850 watts can deliver.
My CR500 goes up steep hills too but sucks 20 mpg doing so.
The time to line up and fill up for gas is BEFORE the storm, not after it hits.
The venerable CR500 is a fine bike.
I can feel for those suffering from Sandy. I live in a suburb of New Orleans and we have gone through Katrina and more recently, Isaac. It took us 3 weeks to get power back after Katrina because a tree had fallen on our house and put a big hole in our roof. The electric company wouldn’t turn on our power with a hole in our roof. After Isaac we were out of power for 6 days in 94 degree heat. We had a small generator, but it was only running fans and a few lights and our fridge. The fans were practically useless in that heat. It’s hard when you don’t have electricity.
They do THRIVE in bad conditions.
I think I’d rather have a BMW F650 (the older ones). They get awesome gas mileage, like 60-65mpg with a decent sized tank. Enough to get out of an impact zone.
Gonna be looking for that or a KLR once things settle down. Those KLRs have huge gas tanks.
This is a question I have been wondering about. Has any of the people in the disaster areas used FB to get info out? When those tornadoes hit last year, that is how we got news about ice, gas, etc. a local radio station went storm coverage to get the same info out. We did not have power but some off our phones worked and most people had battery radios.
I just don’t like the horizontally opposed cylinders.
I have seen them hang up on rocks off road.
Get some of those outside solar lights used in flower beds, etc..and bring them inside at night. Presto LIGHT. Good camping tips as well.
Not much help, but some.
The KLR looks sweet.
One thing I don’t like with the duck bill fenders on the street is they catch air.
Still, I like dual purpose bikes.
F650’s are the single lungers, original ones were jointly made by BMW and Aprilia (known as the Pegaso). Carbs, decent fork travel in the Dakar versions, chain. I agree about the BMW GS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_650_single
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