Ramble On » Hurricane Katrina http://www.dcooley.com Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:22:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Tropical Storm Gustav http://www.dcooley.com/tropical-storm-gustav/ http://www.dcooley.com/tropical-storm-gustav/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:33:02 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/?p=344 On the 3 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina we are now looking at a possible repeat with Tropical Storm Gustav.

Trying to balance the line between preparation and panic can be tricky. With the National Hurricane Center projecting Gustav to make landfall 4 days from now, gas prices jumped 25 cents yesterday and you can not buy bottled water at the local WalMart.

It is hard to get prepared when supplies run out a week in advance. So I guess it may be more important to see if FEMA and such agencies learned anything and start some movement now, and if retailers learned anything to help prepare potential troubled areas with supplies in advance.

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Currently I own 2 vehicles, a large family car and a pickup truck. I have always considered a pickup truck a necessity. Even if it is not driven daily, every man needs a pickup truck. However, with the price of fuel it is time to go back to a more fuel efficient car, and since I do not want any payments the only option is to find a good used fuel efficient car.

The car of choice for me is an old Volkswagen Beetle, the downside is that the Beetle was never a great car when it comes to air conditioning. This is not that big of a deal for me, but not sure my family would appreciate it too much. The other option is to go a little farther back in time since I am an old school kind of mechanic. I had a 1975 Ford Maverick that was just right for me, but it was totaled during Katrina. Now if I could find something like that again it would be great. Of course finding an antique car at a good price, that is a real trick these days.

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/fuel-efficient-cars-used/feed/ 0 Still gotta love those Saints http://www.dcooley.com/still-gotta-love-those-saints/ http://www.dcooley.com/still-gotta-love-those-saints/#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:23:34 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/still-gotta-love-those-saints/ Even though they were no match for the Chicago Bears today, ya gotta still love those Saints. A year after Katrina the New Orleans Saints were definitely a rare bright spot in the Big Easy.

And you know Cowboy Maloney has to be breathing a little easier today!

Now let’s see what the AFC game brings.

Go Indianapolis Colts !

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Anyway, I found this posting at the Weather Channel to be very interesting and worth a look.

THE TORNADOCANE

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