School bus den too close to river; busses evacuated to Menards

[soc_puppet]

Hi, all you people who are not me! Guess where I was yesterday, instead of surfing the 'net like a normal socially challenged person? 8D?

I was helping fill sandbags to combat the flood! Which is reaching near '93 levels of evil, especially outside my current residence. (We still have another foot or so to go, last I saw, but places upriver are not so lucky.) (Also, 500 year flood my fanny! It's only been fifteen years!)

Fellow fans agree that what we really need is huge, nation-wide bending teams of earthbenders and waterbenders to exchange water here for sand out west. Two birds, one stone!


In other news, I will be taking my CDL (school bus) test on Tuesday at 10:00 AM. I feel confident. Also, taking the long way around Gilbert street because the middle is flooded is a pain in the ass.

Comments

[ningen-demonai.livejournal.com]

Oh sweetie. DDDD:

[soc_puppet]

o_o ...Maybe I worded this badly. No worries, I'm safe for a while! And there's lots of folks volunteering and helping out the people who are in a bad way, too.

[ningen-demonai.livejournal.com]

Oh good, and I hope you stay safe. Poor people. :(

[ytak.livejournal.com]

Be safe! Hope the waters quite rising.

Yes, earthbenders and waterbenders would be perfect. Not that Nickelodeon would share.

You're going to drive a school bus? Cool. Don't let the little bats get you down. And there will be some.

[soc_puppet]

Will do! Ditto to that :/

The should, though; it'd be great if they could lend 'em out for natural disasters and stuff.

Yup :3 I'm sure there will be, though I can at least choose an age range (elementary, Jr High or Sr High), which'll control the size of 'em at least ;)

[qable.livejournal.com]

My mom used to work at a Menards. I haven't thought about those stores in years.

And here's to hoping the flooding won't hurt your family too badly.

[soc_puppet]

Of all the things to trigger nostalgia, huh?

Keeping my fingers crossed, here.

[dogmatix-san.livejournal.com]

o.o *huuuugs* Stay safe! (and as dry as possible! X3; )

Teams of earth- and water-benders for flood/drought/disaster conditions would be so awesome.

[soc_puppet]

I'll do my best! And you won't catch me in the river without waiders, nosireebob.

They would. Heck, any kind of bender would be cool/useful in disaster situations. Tornadoes, forest fires, thunderstorms, etc etc.

[samcurt.livejournal.com]

For your reference, I have been evacuated.

[soc_puppet]

That's good to hear; hope you're doing okay where you are, and that your stuff is relatively safe.

[shadoewhunter]

Good grief. :O

STAY SAFE!

[soc_puppet]

I know!

Yes yes, I'll go cancel that canoing trip ;)

[trapninja.livejournal.com]

. . .

[soc_puppet]

*c-couldn't resist*

[girlquinn.livejournal.com]

Be careful, sweetie! If only there was an Aang... :3

[soc_puppet]

Will do! Hell, Aang could bend the weather for us, so it'd stop raining already!

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I was worried about you--I know it's out in your area (I'm back in Sioux City, plenty clear from all this). Glad to hear you're okay so far :S

[soc_puppet]

Yep, the water's got some ground to cover 'fore it reaches me, so I'm good for now.