If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much.
I wrote a poem today
I was looking at Hurricane Rita coverage on Wikipedia and was inspired by this image. It paints the perfect portrait of America today:
Thousands of Americans fleeing a coming storm
Ignorant citizens, vehicles enorm
Patiently waiting, they burn their gas
They’ll eventually run out, going nowhere fast.
I don’t think I’ve written a poem since sixth grade. I suppose that’s a shame.
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on September 27th, 2005 at 12:42 pm
maybe you should put this to music. I’m sure it would be an instant cult favorite. I can see Cindy Sheehan singing it while complaining some more about “Occupied New Orleans”. I think it should like a 60s motown style. I’m thinking like the Temptations’ style complete with backup singers.
on September 27th, 2005 at 1:17 pm
I have 2 thoughts about this picture:
A) why did they not open the oncomming lanes for one way traffic of the people fleeing a possible disaster?
B) how much of your personal belongings can you pack into a Chevy Tahoe versus a Honda civic or a Toyota Prius? Seems to me that if you are risking losing your home, there is no sense risking everything inside the home as well. This picture to me says “Hey look how stupid Government is. They are enforcing normal traffic laws in an absurdly abnormal situation.” Open the Other 3 lanes to evacuees!!! BTW why is no one using the emergency lane? I would think that a impending natural disaster clearly constitutes an emergency.
on September 27th, 2005 at 11:38 pm
A) why did they not open the oncoming lanes for one way traffic of the people fleeing a possible disaster?
They did, actually… but they took too long to do so (they Mayor of Houston was blaming the federal bureaucracy)
B) how much of your personal belongings can you pack into a Chevy Tahoe versus a Honda civic or a Toyota Prius? Seems to me that if you are risking losing your home, there is no sense risking everything inside the home as well.
I can’t accept the premise of this comment. You’re assuming that A) When trying to escape disaster, it is wise to fill your vehicle with as much of your “stuff” as possible and B) somehow owning a Chevy Tahoe would have been much more advantageous in a situation such as this.
Considering that the Chevy Tahoe drivers ran out of gas and Prius drivers didn’t, it goes without saying that the Prius was a much more useful vehicle.
BTW why is no one using the emergency lane? I would think that an impending natural disaster clearly constitutes an emergency.
They didn’t let people use the breakdown lane because it was being used by emergency vehicles, tow trucks, and gasoline tankers. If it was clogged with vehicles, they really would have gone nowhere.
on September 28th, 2005 at 9:08 am
Everything you own represents some amount of work that you had to sacrifice in order to get. For instance my, home represents 3 years of my gross salary (more since it is financed). I’m not saying it is wise, but I’ll be damned if I lose everything
> somehow owning a Chevy Tahoe would have been much more advantageous in a situation such as this
1) it has more interior storage space
2) it is heavier (more wind required to push it around)
3) it can pull a trailer with yer stuff on it
Just a reminder, 70 Miles Per Gallon doesn’t help you if all the road in front of you is blocked by broken down vehicles. Altho if you had 4Wheel Drive, you could probably rip off down the right side of the road where all the grass is. But I don’t think the prius of civic comes with 4wheel drive.
on October 2nd, 2005 at 8:01 pm
1) The 2004 Chevy Tahoe has 104.6 cubic feet of cargo space (with the seats folded down). Hardly enough to hold your house. Hell, you can’t even get a couch in there! It also gets 13MPG (EPA, realistically it gets about 10). Considering that most gas stations in the area were completely sold out, you’d have to get out of town on the tank you had (highly unlikely).
2) Heavier is meaningless. When the winds are blowing 100+MPH, freight trucks are tossed around like toys. Wind resistance counts more (lower to the ground the better).
3) I wonder how many miles to the gallon it will get pulling a trailer? 3?
Just a reminder: There’s nothing stopping you from taking a two-wheel drive vehicle down the grass either. It won’t be good for the car, but it will work.