Georgia schools closed next week

[Granbonny]

Breaking news..the Governor of Ga. is closing schools for Monday and Tuesday of next week..He doesn't want the buses to take up the supply of gas in Georgia..Already a panic buying in Atlanta today....$3.05 already..We filled cars up yesterday for $2.59....neighbor bought gas 5 hours later..$2.89........Left to go back and see Atlanta News..Long lines already..and the Governor said..NOT to fill up cars this weekend...and people are doing the opposite. I filled my car up..due to fact, I have an age 90 year old Daddy in Alabama..and parked it..Never know, if he will get sick, ect...but have a feeling..these people are filling up for Weekend sport games.Soccar, College ballgames, ect....be interesting to see if other states do this..Bonnie

 

[Ross]

The best part, some oil ceo somewhere is laughing his butt off at all the people in the U.S. and the media is fueling this greedy fire. There is no reason for any of this, only that they can and do get away with it.

 

[geebee]

On my way to work this morning, the fuel prices were $2.43. I decided to wait and fill up after work. On my way home, the prices were $2.79. There is no way these stations paid more for the gas they used this afternoon from this morning. This is all driven by the media talking about it. They get the people expecting to pay more and then the prices go up. It is all price gouging, price fixing and every other illegal activity imaginable. I do not understand why these companies are permitted to continue this BS. It's one thing to raise prices on diamonds or the like but, when they mess with oil that people NEED to move, heat, etc., they are messing with lives. That is just plain wrong.

 

[Ross]

The only way it's ever going to stop is if we plain stop buying the stuff. Of course that isn't going to happen, but it's the only way to send a message to these robbers that we are all sick and tired of it.

Could you just imagine the impact it would have on the oil companies if for just one day, absolutely no one purchased one single drop of their cash cow? It's getting to the point where you may have to choose between a roof over your heads or transportation.

 

[Granbonny]

All true..Heard on T.V if the people stuck on Interstates in Texas could have found gas..they were willing to pay any amount. ..Now, all school-age children in Georgia..their working parents will have to scurry around and find Baby-sitters, ect.. for Monday and Tuesday..Cannot leave them home.alone. Most will not show up for work..which means their workplaces..go down..ect..all due to this..Schools closed due to shortage of Gas. Could understand if it were an Ice storm in Georgia.Then the parents would be home with their children....Still interested Are other states doing this? Bonnie

 

[geebee]

I haven't heard anything about Ohio doing this but I don't have children in school so I could have missed it.

 

[hensylee]

closing the schools for a week? First he knocks off the gas tax, now shutting the schools? He sounds a bit off. Those children are going to have to make this week up somewhere down the line. There isn't a shortage of gas - just the biggies getting the $ - and we Americans are falling for it - hook, line and.... well, you know. Ross already said it. Will we never learn? Apparently not.

 

[Ross]

I just got back from a short venture out into insane land. There appears to be more people filling their tanks then usual. Price is $2.699 which is up 10 cents from yesterday, but that's normal for a weekend here. All stations have fuel and there is no shortage.

Bonny I think you need to tell whomever to put down the crackpipe and step away.

 

[RCB]

Long time ago...............

Long time ago...............

Back in the '60s(I think have old mind disease) someone started a
rumor that there was a toilet paper shortage and that we all would be using
newpaper in a short time. Well, everyone went to the store and cleaned the stores out. When the stores got a truckload in, people went in and cleaned it out again. Soon the TP pipeline was empty and there WAS a shortage in the stores! However, a lot of homes had a 6 month supply. In a couple of weeks very few were buying and they couldn't give the stuff away. Not sure if it is the samething today, but anytime the media goes crazy on a story, it has a snowball effect!

 

[LUVMyBirman]

Closing school sounds insane. In our town, all of the children live within walking distance. Middle and high school would be a bit further, but reachable by car. Can't the GA parents drop kids off?

 

[catwoman]

Now, all school-age children in Georgia..their working parents will have to scurry around and find Baby-sitters, ect.. for Monday and Tuesday..Cannot leave them home.alone. Most will not show up for work..which means their workplaces..go down..ect..all due to this

Bonnie:

It's not uncommon to find an employee at my newspaper with child(ren) in tow because (1) it's a school holiday, (2) the child has to go to the doctor that day, (3) they can't make child-care arrangements, etc., etc.
Most of the time, the kids are pretty well-behaved. Mom or dad brings books, coloring books, whatever to keep kiddoes entertained during the work day. My supervisor has brought his youngest, a 7th-grade daughter, to work and given her tasks to keep her occupied.

Perhaps what the GA schools should consider is going to a 4-day school week, to save some money on gas AND energy.
The college district my husband works in goes to a 4-day workweek in much of May and in June & July. The first couple of weeks are rough, adjusting to 10-hour days, but this was done to save on energy costs. I don't know how many other colleges/universities do the same.

 

[Ross]

Bonnie:

It's not uncommon to find an employee at my newspaper with child(ren) in tow because (1) it's a school holiday, (2) the child has to go to the doctor that day, (3) they can't make child-care arrangements, etc., etc.
Most of the time, the kids are pretty well-behaved. Mom or dad brings books, coloring books, whatever to keep kiddoes entertained during the work day. My supervisor has brought his youngest, a 7th-grade daughter, to work and given her tasks to keep her occupied.

Perhaps what the GA schools should consider is going to a 4-day school week, to save some money on gas AND energy.
The college district my husband works in goes to a 4-day workweek in much of May and in June & July. The first couple of weeks are rough, adjusting to 10-hour days, but this was done to save on energy costs. I don't know how many other colleges/universities do the same.

....And have the children at home one extra day a week? Woman have you lost your mind? Ship them to the oil platforms so the can refine our petrol. Gives them something to do, keeps them away from their messed up culture and promotes bondage and teamwork! Umm yeah.

 

[hensylee]

Linda (daughter in Atlanta area) is tickled to have the two days. She's going to have her great granddaughter for those days - and teach her to sew. She's nearly 10 (the great grand, of course).

that rumor about the toilet paper was started by a morning show host - he said "I am going to start a rumor that there is a toilet paper shortage" - the rest is history. I can see him in my mind's eye, but my pumphead has trouble with names.

 

[terryj]

My daughter had to scramble to find sitter for the next 2 days and it costs her a lot more than after school for my 2 granddaughters. They of course were happy to have a long weekend. Actually they were out of school Thursday and Friday too. There mom and dad got the free use of a condo in Destin,Fla and they let the girls stay out of school. The fifth grader is a straight A student and the little one is in kindergarten. I don't think this plan will save that much gas anyway, the highschoolers with friends will be running all over town the next few days and the stay at home moms will probably take kids somewhere just to get out of the house.

 

[Ross]

My daughter had to scramble to find sitter for the next 2 days and it costs her a lot more than after school for my 2 granddaughters. They of course were happy to have a long weekend. Actually they were out of school Thursday and Friday too. There mom and dad got the free use of a condo in Destin,Fla and they let the girls stay out of school. The fifth grader is a straight A student and the little one is in kindergarten. I don't think this plan will save that much gas anyway, the highschoolers with friends will be running all over town the next few days and the stay at home moms will probably take kids somewhere just to get out of the house.

If anything, the Federal Government should fine the Governor for stupidity!

 

[terryj]

They are calling these snow days. If the kids miss one more day this year they have to make up all 3 days. How will that save gas? We always have at least one real snow day. Will there suddenly be a over abundance of gas later in the year? I think not. This is the same person who got fined for riding his son in the states helicopter for no reason.

 

[Ross]

Snow in Georgia? Ha! You guys ain't seen snow. When we are chest deep in the stuff, we are still moving.

 

[terryj]

If a snowflake is even seen in Georgia, all the stores sell out of bread and milk and the state shuts down. No one can drive here in the snow.

 

[Ross]

City Folk

 

[Superbob]

The TP Crunch

The TP Crunch

Back in the '60s(I think have old mind disease) someone started a
rumor that there was a toilet paper shortage and that we all would be using
newpaper in a short time. Well, everyone went to the store and cleaned the stores out. When the stores got a truckload in, people went in and cleaned it out again. Soon the TP pipeline was empty and there WAS a shortage in the stores! However, a lot of homes had a 6 month supply. In a couple of weeks very few were buying and they couldn't give the stuff away. Not sure if it is the samething today, but anytime the media goes crazy on a story, it has a snowball effect!

I have the same old mind disease, worsened maybe by the pumphead. I thought maybe it was Jack Paar who created the TP shortage by cracking the joke (no pun intended), but looked it up with a Web search, and Johnny Carson was the culprit. He apologized on air for unintentionally creating an unjustified panic but people kept ripping the TP off the shelves anyway. Just another example that chit chat on the media can move the masses.