Not quite the lighter side but in good old New Orleans the city would pile
the levies high with sand bags , the next morning more then half were taken
away , ain't this sort of like borrowing concrete from the dam up-stream
from your property or like in California where recycling has been taken to
the point that guard rails along freeways are being ripped off and sold as
scrap, just hope it's the thief who flies off the freeway where the guard
rails missing......mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Betsy Ilfeld (UND) <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Lighter side of Georges
 
 
>In Pinalles and Hillsborough Counties, the distribution of sand bags (and
>sand) did not always go smoothly.   When folks had bags and the
>distribution centers ran out of sand, folks took their shovels  to the
>beaches. The police kept order but did not arrest anyone for stealing sand
>or whatever laws would usually apply.
>