Posted on 08/27/2011 5:27:46 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
Outsource FEMA to Home Depot
When we went through Hurriane Fran in Jacksonville, NC, the fourth day without power we couldnt take it any more. We borrowed the parents credit card and headed to Sears to buy a generator. We were informed there was a line and the generators would be there in a few hours. We waited around 15th in line and by the time we got to the front, the small generators were gone and they had only the huge 8000 watt whole house model left. We bought it...for twice the normal price, $2000. We took it home and fired it up. An hour later, the power came on.
Sears was eventually sued and forced to refund the charge acct for the extra 100% they tried to charge us.
ELIMINATE fema.
Shouldn't that be "Walmart had the foresight to hire a staff meteorologist?"
“”We’ve got all the key news agencies on the big screens up front,”
They ought to have all the big screens on trucks heading out of town. They’ll be the first things to go once all the looters show up for the things they “need” to “survive”.
Yes, it should. The problem lies with the fact leftists always try to couch things in a way that paints success with either blind luck or unfairness.
So many times it is subtle instead of blatant.
> Shouldn’t that be “Walmart had the foresight to hire a
> staff meteorologist?”
Only to right-wing, earth-killing, carbon-emitting, racist, sexist, counter-revolutionary hate mongers, like those of us in this forum.
I’ve always wondered what homeowners do with the plywood once the storm has passed. These news stories give the appearance that they buy more with each storm.
Oh, you'll get your wish. And then you'll be sorry.
Big Business IS Big Brother.
My local grocery store had pallets of bottled water in the store yesterday. They had put the 24 bottle packs on sale and customers were grabbing them up as quick as the employees were putting them on the shelves.
Canned tuna fish, peanut butter and bread were also selling out real quickly. I notices that quite a bit of the canned goods, such as canned chili and soups, had also been put on sale.
what would happen if we were to lose services for an extended period of time? the local gas stations were jammed, people were practically looting the local super markets. What’s up with the water? Doesn’t anyone keep a case or two of bottled around the house? Our rule of thumb is to have two cases per person, at all times.
My parents used to keep a trunk load of bottled water and a case of canned food in the cellar. even when I was broke, I could afford two cases of water and an 8 pack of tuna.
I always wanted to do the plywood thing but we need to figure out how/where to store it. I DVRd the episode of “Best Defense” that highlighted how to best board up your home for a SHTF scenario.
If this were an actual emergency, we would be screwed, or others would be screwed.
Nah....Wal-Mart. I think they were the first to come up with this strategy. All the others are just imitating success.
I was looking at all those empty shelves... and thought ... oh heck, this is going to bump Obama’s economic numbers up a little bit soon, and of course he will come out and say that his great socialist plan is finally starting to show results! lol
we are in Jacksonville (well, Richlands) now, and it's getting crazy here. I'm just praying my fence holds up and am thanking the guy who installed it in my head over and over for convincing us to spend the extra on the hurricane resistant shadow boxed kind, because my neighbor's gate is already gone and mine is still standing.
Good point. How about we go back to the free market?
Flood insurance, local charities, more inland construction, and the Home Depots of the world responding to market demand?
That’s what I said during Katrina.
Outsource FEMA to Lowes/HomeDepot/Walmart.
Sure, they would make a bundle of money, but the total cost to the taxpayer would be far less and people would actually get supplied.
The only downside would be the army of lawyers lined up to sue because Walmart only provided Vanilla, Chocolate, Neapolitan and Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. NO Rocky Road!
Oh the suffering, oh the humanity! /sarc
“says Russ Householder, the company’s emergency-response captain.”
Householder is aptly named.
As hard as I try, I'm still not cynical enough.
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