Last week I watched the long, long lines of SUVs sitting on the highways outside Houston, sitting ... waiting ... running out of gas. Looking at the helicopter shots of miles of stopped traffic, I had to laugh -- I mean, really, I just couldn't help it.
See, here were all these people trying to evacuate to avoid injury in a hurricane. They were doing the right thing. Unfortunately, they left some of their common sense back at home, locked up tight. Here you are on the interstate in the midst of many miles of stopped traffic. Coming the opposite direction are three lanes of open pavement with a car here and their occasionally.
And you sit there? In your kick-ass $50,000 this-thing-can-climb-Everest SUV? No, I don't think so.
I think you drive over (or IN) the grassy meridian and you carefully proceed up the breakdown lane in the opposite direction. In 30 seconds, 5,000 people are behind you. It's an emergency for crying out loud. Hey, if a cop stops you, take the ticket. Happily PAY the ticket. But sit there like a sack of dirt, run out of gas and tell reporters (as many did) that you'll now wait for the government to come and gas you up?
These are the self-reliant Texans we've heard so much about? The lone star state? Unimpressive.
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Yep, and I bet you that part of their thinking when purchasing their high performance, 4X4 off-road beauty was heck, if there's ever a Red Dawn scenario I'm gonna head for them thar hills, and I'll be able to get around 'cause I've got me an SUV, by God!
Right ... and after they pop into Starbucks on the way to survival camp, they're all set.
Now pop in the DVD and let's "rough it."
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