Evacuating our 6,000+ students and leaving BESSIE behind!
Yep. Gustav is coming to town and our command policy states that we will evacuate all of our students to Albany, Georgia if our base is to see anything worse than a Category 1 storm.
So yours truly is to drive a bus with 45 of our country's finest to Albany sometime this weekend. I will remain there with them in a warehouse to help keep the peace, then bring them back when all is clear.
Worst part is Bessie, my beloved FJ gets to stay in a parking lot on base while I am gone. You know, the same base that had over 350 cars destroyed during Hurricane Ivan a few years ago.
It's a big suck-sandwich, and I'm gonna be taking a BIG bite of it.
Wish us luck. I'm confident that my rig will fare okay. It's kinda like real estate: location, location, location. And she's already rigged to pull the trees off the school house when we get back!
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-Matt
2007 AT 4x4 Voodoo Blue FJ with MUCH
trail pin-striping
Re: Evacuating our 6,000+ students and leaving BESSIE behind!
Matt:
Godspeed to you man! I hope all works out OK. Things (even your beloved Bessie) can be replace, but people can't. Take care and keep us updated when you can!
Re: Evacuating our 6,000+ students and leaving BESSIE behind!
Be safe. I evacuated from Eglin for Opal and parked my truck that i owned then under a big tree hoping to find it gone when i got back. The tree fell the other way.
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2008 6MT Sandstorm Convenience package and Offroad package, black door handles, black mirrors, tow hitch,SCUBA MOD DONE, trail gear sliders, LCAs strengthened, various slider/frame/differential scratches, and a 1/4" of central Texas granite dust on the entire interior.
Re: Evacuating our 6,000+ students and leaving BESSIE behind!
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fingas74 previously said:
Be safe. I evacuated from Eglin for Opal and parked my truck that i owned then under a big tree hoping to find it gone when i got back. The tree fell the other way.
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-Matt
2007 AT 4x4 Voodoo Blue FJ with MUCH
trail pin-striping
Re: Evacuating our 6,000+ students and leaving BESSIE behind!
Good luck....I have a sister in Lafayette so I am sure I will be hearing more on this subject over the next few days.....
__________________ '07 FJ, C package, 5A, Ti
mods so far
Left Foot gas pedal, Silver Star Ultras, FJ Spare Tire Cover, FJ Canvas Storage, more FJ Forum Stickers (Ti), Cruiserland Plate Frames, K&N Drop In, Vent Shades, Extremetrucktoys 2" Lift, Garmin c340, aux interior lighting, passenger armrest, 265/70/17 Toyo Open Country
Re: Evacuating our 6,000+ students and leaving BESSIE behind!
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TennesseeSquire previously said:
Matt, Do you need us to come down and get Bessie for the weekend?
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I would not mind at all bringing it up to the safety of Birmingham. No need to worry about trees hitting it here. My biggest tree fell last Saturday night and the smaller ones should have learned to Fear FJs.
Evacuating our 6,000+ students and leaving BESSIE behind!
And she's already rigged to pull the trees off the school house when we get back!
'07 FJ, C package, 5A, Ti
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