Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Severe Weather Days

Severe weather days are the "snow days" of south Texas. In honor of our first severe weather day of the year I wanted to post the top five things to do during a severe weather day.

5.) Hoard gas!!! You should anxiously fill every spare tank with gasoline, you never know when sniffing the fumes will be your only relief from the boredom that comes after a few hours without electricity.

While your at it you should hoard everything. Grab Sam's size portions of baked beans and packs of peanuts. You never know when you may need 5lbs of Vienna sausages.

4.) Assess blame!!! Why do we still have storms? If Wiley Coyote can invent a weather machine why hasn't the government created one yet? Why has someone not done something about this already? I personally blame George Bush.

3.) Panic!!! Severe weather gives you an excuse to LOOOSSEEEE YOUR MIND!! The higher the number associated with the hurricane the more insanity there is to be had. Panic allows your fantasies to run wild. For appropriate level of panic try to relate the situation to some form of disaster movie. It's important to relate to the appropriate disaster movie though, The Day After Tomorrow, no good, has to happy and optimistic of an ending. Think Apocalypse Now or Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome!!! That's right, think Mel Gibson's greasy hair.

Yes this is what your hair will look like in the post apocalyptic world of this storm ladies. That should put the appropriate fear into you.

2.) Loot!!! Hurricane season and the Christmas holiday season are back to back, why not get an early start?? Looting is like a 100% off sale with the added benefit of being like a real live version of Grand Theft Auto. You get to run from cops, snort pepper spray and get that sweet LCD TV you've had your eye on.

1.) Celebrate your Anniversary!! Yep thats right, it was our Anniversary today. What a great time for a storm to hit. We just completed our 2nd year of marriage and WOW what a great two years. We celebrated with a little looting, some panic, and sniffing a little gas, if somethings not broke don't fix it :)...