[Vwdiesel] Emergency Fuel? A slight Tangent...

[TexasTDI]

Exactly!  You people are lucky.  You get PLENTY of warning when a Hurricane
is heading your way.  If you don't prepare and/or leave the area, that's
your problem and your fault.  Nobody else's.

Around here we suffer from Tornadoes.  I've been in the midst of two
tornadoes within the last 10 years.  The last one was this past March.  It
didn't fully touch the ground, but it did go right over my next-door
neighbors house.  Ripped off some shingles and knocked down their fence.
VERY little warning.  In fact by the time the storm sirens went off it was
too late.  It had already come through.

Christopher J. Thornton
1991 VW Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 242k miles
2000 VW Golf 1.9 TDI (turbo diesel) - 109k miles
AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500
http://www.amsoil.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gary" <gbangs at cfl.rr.com>
To: "VWDiesel" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Emergency Fuel? A slight Tangent...


> In the aftermath of Hurricane Charley here in central Florida, the
> ignorance of the masses continues to astound me.
>
> Saturday morning, I knew I was missing roofing. I was at Lowes at
> o-dark-30 when they opened and got my needed materials. Later in the
> day, the rumor was that all of the hardware stores have been picked
> clean. Many, I say many of my neighbors here are still without roofs.
> AND, it's rained everyday since.
>
> At a buddy of mine's house (he lives in Mich.) the locals were busy
> tarping their houses. Everyone lost roofing. My wife and I walked around
> and was able to gather enough usable shingles to hobble together a
> working roof. Countless people came by asking if I had extra nails,
> shingles, or tarps. Sorry, no.
>
> Today, since we have no working phones, my wife and I are checking in
> with all of our local friends to see how they fared. Every operating gas
> station had a RUN for gasoline. Traffic was snarled for miles around
> every station we passed. In today's Orlando Slantinel, there were
> numerous stories of people panicking because they were about to run
> their cars out of gas.
>
> Hmmm, I knew the storm was coming and filled both of my diesels Friday
> morning. I'm good to go for at least three weeks if I'm careful.
>
> Of course, I'm chuckling to myself as I pass everyone waiting for gas.
>
> Please don't think I a cold heartless animal. I'll give the shirt off my
> back to my neighbor in a pinch. I do, however, do not take pity on those
> who DON'T think and plan ahead.
>
>
> -Gary
> 1997 Passat TDI
> 1980 Pickup NA-IDI