Lessons Learned During and After the Storm

Someone wrote this forward I don't know who but it just about sums everything up!!!! :)


> Lessons Learned During and After the Storm
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>>> No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work
>>> without electricity.
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>>> Vienna sausages only appear on the food pyramid during hurricane
>>> season.
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>>> Gas mileage is recalculated based on miles per fume.
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>>> Lovebugs do not disappear in 80mph wind gusts.
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>>> Disasters can cancel Texans football game.
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>>> Despite protests, kids can re-live their parents' youth when there
>>> were only
>>> 3 tv channels!
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>>> Cats are even more irritating without power.
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>>> Houston without traffic lights resembles Mexico City , Rome , Los
>>> Angeles and New York City all rolled into a single snarl.
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>>> There are/were a lot of really big trees around here!
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>>> Just because you're 18 doesn't mean you can stay out as late as you
>>> want.
>>> Mayor White meant busine ss when he said curfew.
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>>> People will get into a line that has already formed without having
>>> any idea what the line is for.
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>>> Calories consumed during a hurricane or power outage do not count.
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>>> Telemarketers function no matter what the weather is doing.
>>> New Delhi does
>>> not check the weather report in Houston .
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>>> Most popular text message after September 11: do u hve pwr
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>>> Twenty-seven of your neighbors are fed from a different transformer
>>> than you, and they are quick to point that out!
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>>> Crickets and cicadas can increase their volume to overcome the sound
>>> of 14 generators.
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>>> Dirty clothes in an unsupervised hamper multiply at an exponential
>>> rate.
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>>> Coffee, spaghetti and frozen pizzas can be made on a grill.
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>>> He who has the biggest generator wins.
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>>> Tree service companies are under-appreciated, except after
>>> hurricanes.
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>>> Water will fill the I-10 & SW Freeway.
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>>> There are a lot more stars in the sky than most people thought.
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>>> If you owned a store that sold only ice, chain saws, gas and
>>> generators, you would be rich
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>>> With only a small amount of guilt Houstionians can collectively pray
>>> a second hurricane to landfall in another state or country.
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>>> And so to our friends and families, some who are still without power
>>> and&n bsp; others who have endured great personal loss, you are in
>>> our prayers. Hang in there, we are making progress. Thank you to all
>>> our first responders, healthcare professionals, service technicians,
>>> teachers, police officers, small business owners, and more who join
>>> with the thousands of individuals sharing their time and talent to
>>> help restore our community to wholeness.
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>>> The most important lesson of all learned from Ike in the last week
>>> is that the human spirit has an amazing resilience that even a
>>> hurricane cannot bend. Through God's love and amazing grace we can
>>> endure all things.
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