Hurricane Education

With Hurricane Ike coming through my front and back yard here in Houston Texas and being without power for 13 days and without cable and internet for 21 days I have learned a lot during that time and here are just a few things I have learned. I hope you enjoy this small lesson. :)
Hurricane Education: What I've learned during our last hurricane . . .


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 7 lb bag of ice will chill 6-12 oz Budweiser's to a drinkable
temperature in 11 minutes, a nd still keep a 14 lb. turkey frozen for 8 more
hours.

12. There are a lot of dang trees around here.

13. Flood plane 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. People will get into a line that has already formed without having any
idea what the line is for.

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 work when land lines are down, but only as long as the
battery remains charged.

20. 27 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 my store sold only ice, chainsaws , gas and generators... I'd be
rich.

23. Price 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.

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.