[SOC] Lessons from Isabelle

[Chris Redding]

Glad you got through it all.
I've deleted some, and left the bits that strike a resonance over this
side of the pond.
Love it or hate it, you yanks are gradually turning into 'stiff-arsed
Brits'.

Agreed, it's sometimes an anticlimax when the power comes back on.

Keep plenty of candles in the house...for light, and romance.

Also, plenty of gas in the car (watch the Brit news...the nation may
soon come to a complete standstill).

----- Original Message -----
From: W1EOF <w1eof@hamnutz.com>
To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:43 PM
Subject: [SOC] Lessons from Isabelle


> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
>    Things I learned since Hurricane Isabelle
>      (Article in a North Carolina paper.)
> * Kids can survive 4 days or longer without a video game
>   controller in their hand, amazing to say.
>
> * People will get into a line that has already formed without
>   having any idea what the line is for.
>
> * The price of a can of soup rises 500% right after a big storm.
>
> * I can walk a lot farther than I thought.
>
> * Bicycles can carry cargo.
>
> * Sitting around the fire, just talking with my family, and
>   working together to get through all this is sort of enjoyable,
>   actually.  Maybe the power will never come back.


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