Hilton Head SC had that same rumor when we visited. Went kayaking and the local guide spun the same story as a pseudo expert on the area pontificating to tourists in rentals. I replied that HH only hasn't been hit yet, and HH took a near direct hit the next month.

Its an historical statistic that really means nothing about the future.

And maybe those "FOOLS" didn't want to add to a panic and double the length of the gas line unnecessarily, and maybe those "FOOLS" didn't want to hoard toilet paper and paper towels so as to deprive others while they had hundreds of rolls in their garage, and maybe those "FOOLS" won't be hoarding water, batteries and canned goods as the hurricane approaches. But it's nice to know there are still people with the "me first" attitude:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:. Makes you wonder who the bigger "FOOL" is:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

tuccillo,

ever run into Joe Sienkoweitz, masters in meteorology studying hurricanes, and worked at NOAA in south FL and Washington DC?

sportsguy

If they can’t afford to fill their gas tank, then they need to be responsible people and work longer and harder to earn enough money to live their lives in a responsible manner. If you’re gas gauge is broken, you use your trip odometer, and reset the trip odometer every time you fill up your tank. I’ve been resetting my trip odometer every time I fill my gas tank for at least 40 years. It gives you a redundant means of knowing how much fuel you have.

One time, I tried to help one of those fools on the shoulder of a freeway, that ran out of gas. I could have gotten myself killed doing that for a fool. I never did that again.

During the period of time decades ago, when the gasoline prices rose from 50 cents a gallon to a dollar a gallon, there were pilots of single engine airplanes that ended up running out of fuel. They landed their aircraft on the freeways in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota. The FAA changed the rules for pilots. If they have to land on a road because they ran out of fuel, then they lose their pilots license permanently. Shortly after the rules were changed, the pilots of the single engine planes stopped landing on the freeways because they ran out of fuel. The risk of losing their pilots license permanently caused a change in those pilots behavior, and they no longer had to land away from an airport, due to running out of fuel.

So is your suggestion that anyone who has to call for road service due to an empty tank lose their driver's license permanently?????

No, I’m not suggesting that people that run out of gasoline on the roads lose their driver’s license permanently. But that rule makes sense for private pilots.

However, I think it would be reasonable for people that run out of fuel in their cars be ticketed by the police. People that are irresponsible and run out of gas on the shoulders of the roads put other drivers on the roads at additional risks.

Sounds very reasonable. But you KNOW there are those that are going to post that that is regressive taxation, oppression of the lower economic classes and I'm sure there's at least one who will call it racist.:ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

Just one???

Well, 1 for sure, 7 or 8 possible

No, I don't know him. I have been gone for some time.

If you run away, where will you get your Delta jab?
Or your Epsilon?
Ad infinity jab?

This tread really jumped the shark fro evacuating FL

All that needed to be said about evacuation was said so it moved into more interesting stuff.

It’s safe to say, somewhere around 90 to 125 posts on a thread and the thread spins off the tracks.
Admins should lock any thread once it hits 100 - at some point, the original question is answered