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Pesco thought about the meaning of life:
Word just came down from corporate that all employees are to come in that are in Wal-Mart branches as long as the Wal-Mart is open. The only exception is mandatory evacs. I'm already hearing talk that the people evac'ing in the voluntary areas are going to be fired if they leave. That is coming from one of our branch administrators (think regional vice president). Our CIO and DR Coordinator were on the phone arguing with the CEO about this decision a little over 2 hours ago. I know this is going to make a huge staffing issue over the next few days but I think it is justified.Most tech personel are being instructed to remain in the area as well, though I'm not as worried about us since our main site is north of Houston. We have people in Tech that live in the mandatory areas, so I'm not sure what is going to happen to them.
We are the only 24/7 bank in the nation and our CEO is dead set on keeping it that way it seems, even with this thing coming.
It is a total mad house where I am. I'm gonna do my prep shopping at around midnight tonight, it is just crazy to go now. I haven't decided if I'm gonna ride it out at our Ops Center or at my house. Not that it matters since they are about a mile apart.
Holy shit, what an asshole.
My family and I are evacuating to the east. It might not be the best place, but at least we're getting out I suppose.
*hugs*
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
Talked to some guys at work this morning, management is still cracking down on people wanting to jump town. Their asses better be at our operations center with us, otherwise I think they're going to have a hard time keeping everyone there.
-H
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A sleep deprived Bajah stammered:
WalMarts are closed around where I live, Pesco.
Yea, all our Houston area branches are closing in 30 minutes if they already aren't. They didn't think the Wal-Marts would close until Friday so they wanted to keep everything open. But since everyone is leaving there is noone to keep the stores open.
BTW, there is no way out of town at the moment to the North. They are telling people to take back roads but all the back roads up here in the North are backed up now too. They need to hurry with getting all lanes open North on 45.
DrPaintThinner fucked around with this message on 09-22-2005 at 04:12 PM.
edit: hell, if you want to buy the CT one for $123k, pm me! diadem fucked around with this message on 09-22-2005 at 06:38 PM.
Most of my family from Houston is coming in already.
This will certainly be interesting.
Faelynn LeAndris fucked around with this message on 09-23-2005 at 10:56 PM.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me
It was kind of like a blind date and expecting a super model only to find out it is someone you know and such.
Rather unimpressed all around.
The "thump thump" was some branches falling and that aws the worst.
Checked on my house after I got off work, just some leaves and sticks around the yard that I'll have to rake up. Power is still out at my house too, so I'm staying with Pesco until it gets back on. Other than that, it was a pretty crappy hurricane. I checked aggregate rainfall for the area this morning on the NWS site and we got less than 2 inches.
Sucks to be in Louisiana, though.
-H
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Hellbender startled the peaceful upland Gorillas by blurting:
Sucks to be Louisiana, though.-H
Which has nothing to do with the hurricane.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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How.... Tarquinn.... uughhhhhh:
Texas, Fucked Yeah!
Don't you dare take the name of Texas in vain.
Skaw fucked around with this message on 09-25-2005 at 07:21 AM.
However, your comment was awesome. 
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Bloodsage thought about the meaning of life:
Which has nothing to do with the hurricane.
I dont know if that is some sarcasm that I didnt catch because I was woken up at 7 AM to take the boards off of the house, but Lousiana has everything to do with Hurricane Rita, it veered north and hit right at the state line putting almost all of Louisiana on the dirty side, and I think I heard about some levees breaking again under the rain.
If it was sarcasm, well then look at this as a news post for people who didn't know. Fizodeth fucked around with this message on 09-25-2005 at 08:24 AM.
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Out of a possible 10, Tarquinn scored a straight 1 with:
Texas, Fucked Yeah!
I see what you did there!
Too bad for you, MISTER KRAUT, we suffered little to no damage from Rita in Texas.
I feel sorry for the people of Louisiana, though. Rita gave it to New Orleans up the ass without lube.
I'm on AOL and I'll be finished typing this post before the damned post icons load. I think I'm connected at 28.8kbps. Anyway, I'm not used to it.
Uh, yeah, as Kegwen posted I am fine. My house is probably fine (I heard the worst of the damage was from trees and we don't have any around our house), but I'm kinda worried about someone going and stealing my shit. They won't let us back into town for at least a week, I've heard.
Sorry for the blog post 
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Gadani's fortune cookie read:
Sorry for the blog post
It's fine, it's not like you were not talking about your latest hygiene products or anything. Oh did I mention that herbal essence rainforest shampoo and conditioner works wonders?
*ducks in preparation from the bad joke*
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Vinven D`Slyfox wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
It's fine, it's not like you were not talking about your latest hygiene products or anything. Oh did I mention that herbal essence rainforest shampoo and conditioner works wonders?
*ducks in preparation from the bad joke*
Actually, my grandmother's sister (the person whose house I've been staying in(but not tonight)) has some Herbal Essence shampoo, so my hair stayed freakin' beautiful throughout the storm.
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There was much rejoicing when Gadani said this:
Actually, my grandmother's sister (the person whose house I've been staying in(but not tonight)) has some Herbal Essence shampoo, so my hair stayed freakin' beautiful throughout the storm.
It's a shame they do not have a matching shower gel, so I had to use Suave lavender. Herbal Essences does make a nice matching no-frizz hair gel spray though.
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Vinven D`Slyfox had this to say about dark elf butts:
It's a shame they do not have a matching shower gel, so I had to use Suave lavender. Herbal Essences does make a nice matching no-frizz hair gel spray though.
What is it with you and lavender?
Mr. Parcelan fucked around with this message on 09-26-2005 at 01:10 AM.
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Bloodsage had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Gydyon, look out behind you!
Actually, you can say that to Krissy. Looks like my wife the hero will be heading down with a Red Cross team to Louisiana sometime this week. She's got EMT training and a degree in gerontology, so I think she'll be pretty dang useful.
I'm proud of her, but I'll miss her for two weeks. Gydyon fucked around with this message on 09-26-2005 at 09:59 AM.
Thinking about your posts
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Good on her to go down there and work, though!
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
