On the Road with Joe

A delightful tour of the United States and assorted locations through the mind of a deranged young genius, named Joe. A cynical and jovial treatment of our fine nation and its finer cities, this blog will focus on people, places, and the endless pursuit of candied corned beef.

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Hurricane Katrina

In an effort to oblige the world of journalism, I, too, will post a brief article on Hurricane Katrina. Not only am I related to her (my father's side), I was in southern Mississippi during the storm. It was quite an experience. I caught one of the last flights into Jackson before the hurricane hit land and my bag didn't make the flight. I spent several days with extremly low water pressure and no electricity. You couldn't drink the tap water because it was contaminated. People formed lines of 200 cars just to try to get gas at the 2 or 3 gas stations in town that had electricity. They fought over ice and other basics. After a day of eating chewy granola bars and pop tarts, Taco Bell was restored power down the street. We made a run for the border. Of all things in a natural disaster....Taco Bell ....

I mean, seriously.... Taco Bell.

If you want to ask questions, feel free. I'll at least act like I know the answer.

3 Comments:

At September 07, 2005 10:42 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yay for Taco Bell! Boo hurricanes!

 
At September 09, 2005 5:36 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you went to the taco bell in the middle of a hurricane, I'd be impressed.

 
At September 11, 2005 8:45 PM, Blogger Joe Bagley said...

I really don't think I should get into how much "safe beverage" was imbibed during the course of my trip...

I think we did a little moonshining on the side, though. Made a few bucks.

 

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