30 things we learned from Hurricane Ike . . . 1. Coffee and frozen pizzas can be made on a BBQ grill. 2. No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work without electricity. 3. My car gets 23.21675 miles per gallon, EXACTLY (you can ask the people in line who helped me push it). 4. Kids can survive 4 days or longer without a video game controller in their hand. 5. Cats are even more irritating without power. 6. He who has the biggest generator wins. 7. Women can actually survive without doing their hair - you just wish they weren't around you. 8. A new method of non-lethal torture - showers without hot water. 9. There are a lot more stars in the sky than most people thought. 10. TV is an addiction and the withdrawal symptoms are painful. 11. A 10 lb. bag of ice will chill a 12 pack of 12 oz Budweiser's to a drinkable temperature in 11 minutes and still keep a 14 lb. turkey frozen for 8 more hours. 12. There are a lot of dang trees around here. 13. Flood plain drawings on some mortgage documents were seriously wrong. 14. Aluminum siding, while aesthetically pleasing, is definitely not required. 15. Crickets can increase their volume to overcome the sound of 14 generators. 16. The sound of someone winding a windup flashlight &/or radio becomes more & more irritating after about the 4th day. 17. When required, a Lincoln Continental will float, doesn't steer well but floats just the same. 18. Tele-marketers function no matter what the weather is doing. 19. Cell phones may work when land lines are down, but only as long as the battery remains charged. 20. 37 of your neighbors are fed from a different transformer than you and they are quick to point that out! 21. Hampers were not made to contain such a volume. 22. If I had a store that sold only ice, chainsaws, gas and generators... I'd be rich. 23. The value of a can of soup rises 200% in a storm. 24. Your water front property can quickly become someone else's fishing hole. 25. Tree service companies are under appreciated. (See #12.) 26. I learned what happens when you make fun of another states' blackout. 27. MATH 101: 30 days in month, minus 6 days without power equals 30% higher electric bill ????? 28. Drywall is a compound word, take away the 'dry' part and it's worthless. 29. I can walk a lot farther than I thought. and 30. No matter how small & light-weight a mosquito is, it & all its friends not only survive, but thrive during/after a hurricane!
lol,, that is funny, but now its my turn to keep all that info on hand,,,its hurricane season here, and we are about to have our first one tomorrow. Its already wicked bad out there now with the wind...
Biita, keeping fingers crossed for you. Guess I never thought about others parts of the world having hurricanes. Now that is really stupid on my part. Be safe and keep in touch.
