“This is the South,” Marsh said. “It’s not just the criminals that have guns.”
Theres a bloody good reason I have extra copies of my primary guns. One of them is so that in an Ugly Situation I can either arm a buddy or if I cant access my primary weapons, I can go to my secondary set, or even tertiary set.
Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.
Dig it:
Fifty bucks says this guy isnt going to have any problem with looters.
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Decided to go get more gas cans. I had to go to three different places before finding any. That should tell you something. Sportsmans Warehouse has a boating department…alot of folks dont know that…and I was able to get another three 5-gallon plastic gas cans. Filling them was another story. Got on line at CostCo ($2.66/gal….up about $0.15 in the last three days) and the pumps ran dry as I got there. Seriously. No regular. no premium. They said theyd have a truck in at noon. Hmm. They close at nine, I'm thinking I might go up there around 8 and see what I can do. Waiting in a gas line and then seeing a trickle drip out of the nozzle is a very sobering experience. Dont know if other stations around town are dry, but they are $$$…About $2.80 at most places.
Im pretty confident this is all panic buying, so Im not too worried. I am, however, going to keep a close eye on things.
So….lotsa bike riding for the next week.
Dig it:
Fifty bucks says this guy isnt going to have any problem with looters.
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Decided to go get more gas cans. I had to go to three different places before finding any. That should tell you something. Sportsmans Warehouse has a boating department…alot of folks dont know that…and I was able to get another three 5-gallon plastic gas cans. Filling them was another story. Got on line at CostCo ($2.66/gal….up about $0.15 in the last three days) and the pumps ran dry as I got there. Seriously. No regular. no premium. They said theyd have a truck in at noon. Hmm. They close at nine, I’m thinking I might go up there around 8 and see what I can do. Waiting in a gas line and then seeing a trickle drip out of the nozzle is a very sobering experience. Dont know if other stations around town are dry, but they are $$$…About $2.80 at most places.
Im pretty confident this is all panic buying, so Im not too worried. I am, however, going to keep a close eye on things.
So….lotsa bike riding for the next week.
Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.
Well, everything I read is that New Orleans is pretty much a cross between a movie set for “Blackhawk Down” and “Zulu”. I am extremely glad that I live far away from this insanity that I neednt worry about roving gangs wandering the streets, breaking into houses at will and causing all sorts of chaos. On the other hand, there are going to be some economic ripples from this that I wont be immune from. The biggest one Im concerned about is the gasoline situation. Apparently, and perhaps Im reading this wrong, theres a good chunk of refining capacity that is going to be down for a while (as well as about 20 offshore oil rigs that are just completely missing). Theres already panic buying which, naturally, is driving up costs and driving down supply. (Hey! Supply and demand…whoda thunk it?) The girlfriend, last week, pretty much demanded to know why we weren't buying gas cans and stocking gasoline. When she said that we saddled up and filled the truck and filled our newly purchased gas cans. BUT….we've a trip to Billings next weekend that could use prety much all of that. Hmmm. Cant cancel the trip to Billings. I may have to wander off to WallyWorld and get a couple more cans and gas 'em up.
I'm also hearing that at least one major coffee company gets all its imports through New Orleans and that can of Folgers you like so much may be going up in price and scarcity.
One of the LMI came by yesterday and we were discussing things. I told him that I was uneasy and unsettled these days because of all this disaster footage Ive been watching. He asked what it would take to make me feel better. I thought a moment and said:
1) Money. The universal survival supply.
2) A well-stocked place out in the boonies we could run off to
For now, I'll settle for another 20 gallons of stabilized gas safely tucked away. The stockpiled gas isnt really a hedge against a price increase, its a hedge against a shortage. As in NO-GAS-signs-on-the-pumps shortage. 'Fuel' is in the top five on any list of things to stockpile..right up there with food, water, ammo, and meds…
The girfriend and I live only 9 blocks from our workplaces. Bank, grocery and post office are only three blocks past that. We dont need to drive anywhere really except maybe to WW or Costco once or twice a month. But I absolutely want to have the option of being able to hop into a gasoline-powered vehicle and leave town if I have to. Right now, between gas in the truck and in storage we've approx. 525 miles of range…not quite enough to make it to Billings and back.
I'd been slacking on the gas storage because of the expense of new steel cans ($27~) and my lack of what I feel was wa safe place to store them. (I really have no desire to store them indoors). Im planning on building a little doghouse-type structure along my fenceline, hidden in the lilacs, to house the gas cans. Keeps 'em away from the house, but hidden and nearby.
Well, everything I read is that New Orleans is pretty much a cross between a movie set for “Blackhawk Down” and “Zulu”. I am extremely glad that I live far away from this insanity that I neednt worry about roving gangs wandering the streets, breaking into houses at will and causing all sorts of chaos. On the other hand, there are going to be some economic ripples from this that I wont be immune from. The biggest one Im concerned about is the gasoline situation. Apparently, and perhaps Im reading this wrong, theres a good chunk of refining capacity that is going to be down for a while (as well as about 20 offshore oil rigs that are just completely missing). Theres already panic buying which, naturally, is driving up costs and driving down supply. (Hey! Supply and demand…whoda thunk it?) The girlfriend, last week, pretty much demanded to know why we weren’t buying gas cans and stocking gasoline. When she said that we saddled up and filled the truck and filled our newly purchased gas cans. BUT….we’ve a trip to Billings next weekend that could use prety much all of that. Hmmm. Cant cancel the trip to Billings. I may have to wander off to WallyWorld and get a couple more cans and gas ’em up.
I’m also hearing that at least one major coffee company gets all its imports through New Orleans and that can of Folgers you like so much may be going up in price and scarcity.
One of the LMI came by yesterday and we were discussing things. I told him that I was uneasy and unsettled these days because of all this disaster footage Ive been watching. He asked what it would take to make me feel better. I thought a moment and said:
1) Money. The universal survival supply.
2) A well-stocked place out in the boonies we could run off to
For now, I’ll settle for another 20 gallons of stabilized gas safely tucked away. The stockpiled gas isnt really a hedge against a price increase, its a hedge against a shortage. As in NO-GAS-signs-on-the-pumps shortage. ‘Fuel’ is in the top five on any list of things to stockpile..right up there with food, water, ammo, and meds…
The girfriend and I live only 9 blocks from our workplaces. Bank, grocery and post office are only three blocks past that. We dont need to drive anywhere really except maybe to WW or Costco once or twice a month. But I absolutely want to have the option of being able to hop into a gasoline-powered vehicle and leave town if I have to. Right now, between gas in the truck and in storage we’ve approx. 525 miles of range…not quite enough to make it to Billings and back.
I’d been slacking on the gas storage because of the expense of new steel cans ($27~) and my lack of what I feel was wa safe place to store them. (I really have no desire to store them indoors). Im planning on building a little doghouse-type structure along my fenceline, hidden in the lilacs, to house the gas cans. Keeps ’em away from the house, but hidden and nearby.
Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.
Word For The Day:
Guantanadome – n. The domed sports arena where refugees are searched and then 'detained' for their own protection by armed guards and denied the freedom to leave.
Word For The Day:
Guantanadome – n. The domed sports arena where refugees are searched and then ‘detained’ for their own protection by armed guards and denied the freedom to leave.
Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.
Its gotten to the point where I simply cannot read any more about the refugees in the Superdome. Between .gov saying that citizens will not be released (like prisoners, I guess) and the citizens whining about the conditions, I want to get up and scream at them long and hard about being sheeple.
Seriously, everything goes red around the edges andm y shest hurts when I read this stuff.
For a refreshingly different take, is riding it out in a generator equipped data center. And he has net acces so he's probably the closest thing to 'our man in New Orleans'. And, he's the LJ-er formally known as so he's the last one to be caught standing in a .gov/FEMA food line. Good reading.
Its gotten to the point where I simply cannot read any more about the refugees in the Superdome. Between .gov saying that citizens will not be released (like prisoners, I guess) and the citizens whining about the conditions, I want to get up and scream at them long and hard about being sheeple.
Seriously, everything goes red around the edges andm y shest hurts when I read this stuff.
For a refreshingly different take, interdictor is riding it out in a generator equipped data center. And he has net acces so he’s probably the closest thing to ‘our man in New Orleans’. And, he’s the LJ-er formally known as ikilled007 so he’s the last one to be caught standing in a .gov/FEMA food line. Good reading.
Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.