Ike's spawn

Hi all,

We got quite the storm last night from good old Ike. The electricity kept going off. Around here when that happens , you never know if it will stay off for a few minutes or a few days. I gave up on trying to watch t.v. and read an entire novel ,between 3 and 10. I had my nifty little book light.Every time the electricity went out it made some weird buzzy noise which scared me every single time.

The wind was ferocious.Cavuto was going nuts watching it through the back door.I woke up at 3:40 and all was pitch black. I was happy to see signs of electricity when Cavuto woke me up again at 6:30.i feel all refreshed (not!)like I got about 2 hours of sleep.


I am not used to living in hurricane and tornado country. I feel for the people who were really in the path of this crap.


Yesterday when i got to the gas station the gas was 3.99 a gallon. Which wasn't that big a jump from what it had been. Certainly not enough to justify traffic jams to get gas. But the word is that once the gas is gone ,there will be no more for at least a week .


Hopefully today will be a more normal day around here.

Later peeps, have a great Sunday!

Got Gas? anyone?

Gas Price Gouging Hits Hurricane States

Officials Are Instituting Emergency Anti-Price Gouging Laws in Their States

By CHARLES HERMAN, ZUNAIRA ZAKI and SCOTT MAYEROWITZ

Sept. 12, 2008—

As Hurricane Ike barrels down on Texas, the impact is being felt in other parts of the country as the oil industry comes to a near halt and reports of price gouging start to spread.

Fears of gas shortages are leading to exploitation in some parts of the Southeast, where some stations are reported to be charging as much as $6 a gallon for gas.

In North Carolina, Gov. Mike Easley has declared a state of "abnormal market disruption" and signed an order allowing the attorney general to enforce the state's anti-gouging law. In South Carolina, Attorney General Henry McMaster invoked a similar law for his state, and Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear declared a state of emergency.

"Fear of price gouging is bad in the state right now," Mark Plowden, communications director for the South Carolina attorney general told ABC News. "Public panic can cause a run on the pump, creating more panic, so we are trying to control the situation."

His office has fielded hundreds of phone calls, and many other calls have been received by county law enforcement offices. Plowden added that the receptionist is fielding "a phone call every eight seconds on this topic."

"People have gone as far as calling 911 to report that gas is expensive," he said.

When I read that ,I thought the 911 calls HAD to be in Arkansas.LOL

I'll let ya'll know what it's like out there today. I do know that the town is packed full of people. Not just evacuees, but they also have a hog rally this weekend.

I better get some gas before it's all gone! ack!

Laters, Me