Posted on 09/24/2005 9:58:36 AM PDT by Howlin
Who said it was?
Big time. :(
I think it was greene66...I have been wondering myself.
I just saw that on the tv. Apparently they had fired up a generator indoors.
The public knows all about the dangers of smoking cigarettes, but only a minority seem to appreciate the dangers of carbon monoxide. Tragic.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050925/NEWS05/509260315
check out the high school picture
Thanks for the link.....
*Speechless*
Who the hell is their provider?
That's about right for a T1, allowing for market adjustments.
PicktheTaxpayersPocket.com ;0)
Battered, but still kicking in Nederland.
Just got the generator going. Rough, rough night. The winds just kept going on forever. House was literally shaking and vibrating with each gust. Storm was LOUD, and just kept going on forever! Shingles off roof, with wood showing in spots. Fences down. Trees down everywhere, including my neighbor's oak, and a pine tree across the street. Water in street, but no flooding in homes in my neighborhood (Allen Meadows). Other parts probably not so lucky. Got tons of work to do. At least I seemed to have avoided structural damage to the house. Must have had 100-120+ mph winds go on and on. Still very, very blustery!
More from Alexandria and Pineville...this is a combination of my personal observations and stuff from the Alexandria Town Talk and live newscasts on KALB Newschannel 5.
Yesterday, we ventured out and got a bite to eat. We saw lots of destroyed billboards, broken branches, cable and power trucks everywhere all over Pineville. We didn't know about the boil order for Alexandria at the time we ate there and drank coffee and ice water. Today we ate breakfast in Pineville instead.
Today was much worse, though. When we left our apartment complex in Pineville, we made a right turn onto our street instead of the left turn we made yesterday and the difference was a total shock. We had no idea that almost every house in the neighborhood had tree breakage, including one tree completely uprooted that crashed through the garage of a home just down the street from us. From the looks of things, we really did have a tornado here after all. I'm extremely grateful to have been inside an apartment building instead of one of those damaged houses. Thanks again to everyone who sent prayers our way this weekend!
Mayor Ned Randolph has just ordered every non-essential business in the City of Alexandria to close at 1:00 pm CDT today due to the severe water pressure problem. The FEMA building closed despite the long lines outside, and they brought in the Alexandria Police Department and National Guard for crowd control because everyone was so angry.
There are many people still without power, and to make things worse, there is a heat advisory for today. No air conditioning and heat indices creeping toward 110. It was reported that many of the people who were cluttering up roadways yesterday were simply aimlessly riding around to take advantage of the air conditioning in their cars. Considering how difficult it is to find gas at the moment, those people must have been pretty desperate.
I've got to find a gas station myself right now. I'm so annoyed about this. Last month, I told you that my car was burglarized on the same night Katrina hit. I've been going through one hassle after another trying to get my car repaired. I can't believe it's taking this long. First my insurance company sent me to a glass place, then another to get the window tinted. Then I had to wait for their vendor to ship me the replacement car stereo parts, including 3 wasted days in a row chasing a DHL truck that never got around to delivering the shipment to me. Then I couldn't get a rental car to drive while the car was in the body shop, because Enterprise kept losing my reservation in their computers and the evacuees had all their cars out on the road. I finally got the car into the body shop on the second try. *After* I had gassed up the rental car, I got a call saying I had to return the rental immediately because several employees of the body shop quit and there wasn't anyone who could work on my car until today -- they found out they could earn a lot more money doing recovery work in the southern parishes. So now they've got my car back again, but it has a full gas tank -- and I've got to top off yet another rental car. To date, I'm $325.00 out of pocket -- just so some crackhead could steal my used CD player for maybe a $10 hit of dope. God, it makes me furious!
OK, rant off -- thanks for letting me vent!
I am sure Eaker couldn't forget you and Flyer...and neither do I!!! LOL
Sen. Landreiu was just on Fox from Lake Charles....
She was congratulating her brother, the LT. Gov. and others for their "terrific" preparations before Rita...and then said that they did well, and that "NO ONE" can stop the flooding, or the winds....(seems she sure though Bush could for Katrina!)...
Anyway...she then started practically bragging about what she called an "undprecedented resolution" to get the funds to LA from the Federal Govt. to pay for all of the repairs...
She said that "no one lives in LA, to "sun-bathe", and that no where in America is as important to the rest of the country...therefore, the whole country needs to pay for all of this...hmmmmmmmmmmm
I looked closely, and I think I almost saw dollar signs in her eyes instead of pupils...and her hands rubbing together as she talked!!!
I also got the impression that she was "daring" Congress to try to NOT give her and her LA cronies all the money they are asking for!
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I went on a quick recon during lunch today. Still no gasoline.
Why do I have a sinking feeling in my stomach that they will get everything they ask for?
I only hope the Federal Govt. puts auditors in place and somebody responsible in charge of all that money.
You in Sugarland?
Yes, Sugar Land. I'm only about a mile from the old sugar factory.
You should be fine. And you should get at least 24hours of run time for you laptop if the battery is fully charged. Anything else you run off the inverter will subtract from that. If you were using the whole 300 watts then that battery would not last long. But the inverter will not use much unless you load down the output with larger current loads.
You also have all but one peice of what you need to have an everlasting amount of small power. You should look into buying at least a 5 watt 12 volt solar battery charger. With that you could keep charging your battery from the sun.
A marine battery is better for this situation because it is designed to be discharged in the manor you will be doing so.
As such it will have a longer life. But for the amount of time you will using the Car battery this should not be a big problem.
I was just on John Cornyns website and he has tons of information about the hurricane damage....and it said his office is going to be open 24 hours to help...
Maybe you could call his office and ask if THEY know when the gas stations will be refueled..
I was going to send him an e-mail telling him I want him to have a little talk with Mary Landrieu about her demands for $$$$$..but I got a "server down" message.
Boss wanted me to come to work today . I have to drive all over city, told him he was nuts to start back so soon. Will wait till maybe thursday or friday.
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