30 Things I Learned After Ike

I got this via email, but I really liked it. (Thanks Stefani!) My favorites are #2, #5, #8, #19, #27 and #29. Glad we can laugh now!

Things I learned during the remnants of Hurricane Ike. . .

1. Coffee and frozen pizzas can be made on a BBQ grill.
2. No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work without electricity.
3. My car gets 23.21675 miles per gallon, EXACTLY (you can ask the people in line who helped me push it).
4. Kids can survive 4 days or longer without a video game controller in their hand.
5. Dogs are even more irritating without power. [Especially when there are 8 of them.]
6. He who has the biggest generator wins.
7. Women can actually survive without doing their hair. You just wish they weren't around you.
8. A new method of non-lethal torture: showers without hot water. [I only had to take 3 of these, but they were the quickest showers of my life.]
9. There are a lot more stars in the sky than most people thought.
10. TV is an addiction and the withdrawal symptoms are painful.
11. A 7 lb bag of ice will chill 6-12 oz Budweiser's to a drinkable temperature in 11 minutes, and still keep a 14 lb. turkey frozen for 8 more hours.
12. There are a lot of dang trees around here. [And I think half of them fell down.]
13. Flood plain drawings on some mortgage documents were seriously wrong.
14. Aluminum siding, while aesthetically pleasing, is definitely not required.
15. Crickets can increase their volume to overcome the sound of 14 generators.
16. People will get into a line that has already formed without having any idea what the line is for.
17. When required, a Lincoln Continental will float. Doesn't steer well, but floats just the same.
18. Tele-marketers function no matter what the weather is doing.
19. Cell phones work when land lines are down, but only as long as the battery remains charged. [Thank goodness for generators.]
20. 27 of your neighbors are fed from a different transformer than you, and they are quick to point that out!
21. Hampers were not made to contain such a volume.
22. If my store sold only ice, chainsaws, water, gas and generators... I'd be rich.
23. Price of a can of soup rises 200% in a storm.
24. Your waterfront property can quickly become someone else's fishing hole.
25. Tree service companies and power company workers are under appreciated.
26. I learned what happens when you make fun of another states' blackout.
27. MATH 101: 30 days in month, minus 6 days without power equals 30% higher electric bill???? [Ariel and Robert got TWO outrageous electric bills. TWO of them!]
28. Drywall is a compound word, take away the "dry" part and it's worthless.
29. I can walk a lot farther than I thought. [Sara, Dana and I walked REALLY FAR the day after the hurricane. We wanted to see stuff, but I didn't want to get roof tacks or nails in my tires.]
30. Hurricane evacuation and recovery is a true test of a relationship.

PS - Don't forget to vote today! I'm going at lunch.