Hurricane Season 2006: The Liberation List
This morning, my friend in KC, MO sent me the link to the government’s terrorism preparedness website, you know, as a laugh. http://www.ready.gov/america/index.html She knows me. I was like, yeah, I have all that and more just in my car.
I am already thinking about the next hurricane season, you know. . . or a really big tropical rain pattern, while it’s fresh in my mind. As it turns out, I know many people who stayed until the flood waters came up, more people than I ever would have guessed. People who I called ‘crazy and stupid’ in early Sept. However, when I returned, I was pretty surprised. They were everywhere, here, people I knew. I sat at Molly’s and Table One listening to story after story. It sounds like it was kinda fun. Now, I don’t advocate this for most people. It’s going to be hot, hot, hot and if anything serious happens to you, medical attention is not an option. Knowing the risks, I have done an about face on this thing and I am staying next time unless someone can really convince me otherwise. Even through the flooding, I’ll stay. I have very good coping/camping skills and a high ground place to stay. I just don’t feel the need to leave, I don’t want to watch it on t.v. again. No more Monday morning quarterbacking it for me.
The thing I talk to my ’stayed’ friends about quite often is the looting. They looted, everyone looted. The cops let them loot. Now, this would be a last resort, of course, and I stock up, so there wouldn’t be much I would need. But we have decided it would not hurt to have a list and think about it ahead of time because it’s like a game show shop-off. Otherwise, you might just starting grabbing useless crap, like electronics. Plus, you can only get so much at one haul and you have to be fast. Why not plan a little? One heroic woman who stayed got capers and Nutella in addition to the staples; water and liquor. I just began thinking of all the most expensive foods I like . . . I can’t let that $24/lb proscuitto go to the maggots! Maybe keep some nice artwork from getting wet and rescue some priceless, first edition Faulkner. If I were really good, I’d establish a fail-safe ice supply. Hey, I have a few months. If you are a planning on asking me to check on your property and living things you left behind, think about sending me a contribution toward a satellite phone and a kevlar vest. Metroblogging needs to get me press credentials so I can move about the island freely. Are you taking that chainsaw with you? Y’all have fun in Houston.
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I think your scenario changes somewhat if it’s the river levees that break, though. Looting opportunities will shrink drastically with, what, potentially six or seven more feet of water?
oh yeah, way ahead of you on that . . . way dead. The rush/force of such a compromise would destroy the entire city.
Bye bye !
It was - kinda’ fun, I had a new family.
Laurie