08-15-2007, 05:32 AM
Let's be thankful that Flossie was a dud. It is better to be overprepared than to experience another Katrina-like disaster, so I won't criticize the local officials for their caution. As usual, though, the news media (particularly TV) tried to keep us all as excited as possible as long as possible to keep their ratings and ad revenue up. So what is everyone going to do with all the extra bottled water and batteries?
I have a friend who works at Home Depot who says that they sell out of generators every time this happens, but they reappear a few days later. It seems lots of BI folks buy the generators, keep them in the box, and then return them when they find out they didn't need them after all.
Cheerful and relieved,
Jerry
I have a friend who works at Home Depot who says that they sell out of generators every time this happens, but they reappear a few days later. It seems lots of BI folks buy the generators, keep them in the box, and then return them when they find out they didn't need them after all.
Cheerful and relieved,
Jerry