" wrote:
On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:45:10 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
"Steve W." wrote:
zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
My hurricane plane is to get in the car and drive, *BEFORE* it hits. ...and
I'm not anywhere near the coast.
You have a flying car?
Unnecessary.
I don't have that option.
He wasn't in Alabama in the early '70s when ice took town the main HV
feed across the state, from a nuclear power plant. Some areas were
without power for six weeks. It was the first heavy snow fall in 20
years, and a lot of power lines weren't built for the temperature so
they were snapping or pulling down poles.
If the power is out for six weeks, there's no point in going into work. Might
just as well take a nice vacation.
If they can afforrd it. The kids were in school, since it was
winter. How do the parents take off and not cause the kids to fail, and
be held back a year? How were they to know it would be six weeks?