Rita protection

[dws1117]

Found this while looking at hurricane pics on the Chronicel web site.

[dws1117]

And this one...



Starting to get windy in The Woodlands area. No rain yet, but it's looking like iit will be soon.

[longtooth]

125 miles north of Houston & our trouble started w/ BG's before Rita. We have had a major fight at the WalMart here. Two of the shelters have arrested one each before any injuries. They did not like the way the shelters were taking care of them. One report of a Red Cross worker in Corrigan shot for not getting what was wanted. (we owe it to them you know) My property here is Internationally protected. Kimber, Mossberg 500, & M1A from good ol USA at my arms reach. Except the Kimber & She is close to my side. The wife & Mother both have a Sig. 232 & my back up is a 220 for this next few days. Them Germans always did make some fine arms but they never could do better than 2nd place in a war with American Craftsmen. Liberty brings out the best in the best of men. You praying men go boldly before the Throne of Grace that we my find mercy & help in this time of need.

[KBCraig]

300 miles north of Houston, and it's crazy. Gas stations along 59 were rationing everywhere south of Texarkana. The lines aren't too bad today. I filled up my only empty propane tank today, and the propane folks were frazzled. While I was there, there were about six customers getting a total of about 50 gallons of LP, but the owner said earlier in the day no one could get into the parking lot.

Wal Mart is sold out of bottled water and gas cans. We're good on both counts, but we are venturing out for our regular weekly grocery shopping. Pray for us. ;)

Kevin

[KBCraig]

Wal Mart is sold out of bottled water and gas cans. We're good on both counts, but we are venturing out for our regular weekly grocery shopping. Pray for us. ;)

Wal Mart follow-up...

We don't have to worry about the Texarkana Wal Mart being looted. Too late, the shelves are bare!

We were just making our regular grocery run, with a few modifications in case of power failure. It was a lesson in what's not popular here. ;) Soup aisle: a few boxes of chicken ramen noodles, and cans of clam chowder. As it is, I like clam chowder. :D

Bottled water of every form was being stripped from the pallets as soon as they'd wheel one out. Okay, so the Perrier wasn't a fast mover, but everything from pints to gallons was flying into carts.

Every kind of snack food and ready-to-eat food was pretty much gone. We picked up a few cookies, just because they'd be on our list anyway, for the kids.

The funny thing is, you'd think everyone knew for certain disaster was going to hit tomorrow. The very earliest the remnants of Rita will get here (if it comes here) will be Sunday, possibly as late as Wednesday. I don't know about you, but I think I can fill a few vessels with water during that time! And while there's always the chance of strong winds or storm-spawned tornados putting us in the dark, it's not going to be like the 2000 ice storm, where all power lines, everywhere, were down, for a hundred miles or more.

We chuckled through most of it, and didn't even have to wait in line as long as we expected. Like I said, we always have bottled water, canned goods, and camping gear. We're on the highest point in town, so the most a flood could do here would be block our exits. If we have to camp in the house, we'll camp and have a good time.

The ideal outcome would be just enough wind and rain that State Farm buys me a new roof. ;)

Kevin

[Paladin]

One of my neighbors had 'protected by S&W' on one of his window covers.

[anygunanywhere]

Given the status of our education system, how many looters would understand the term "Protected by John Browning"?

They would probably think the Brownings lived there.

[dws1117]

A biography of JMB should be required reading material in every school on America!