Add to PMS, ESP, & all those others------->>>>>> PHS - Post Hurricane Syndrome---includes all of the following and ...----->>>> I am ready to give up my generator at home to the school just so my kids can go back!!!


The hurricane grouch quotient can be calculated by
1. adding the number of children and pets in a home without power,
2. multiplied by the number of days quoted on the SHECO, Centerpoint or Entergy zip code map,
3. divided by the number of fans or portable air conditioners powered by your home generator,
(however if you were last in line at Home Depot and have no generator then
4. multiply by the daily high for that day according to your thermometer in the sun;
5. then add the number of trips to the washateria and the days left until school opens.
Discount by the percentage of time spent at neighbors who have power.
Re calculate as often as necessary
No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work without electricity.
Vienna sausages only appear on the food pyramid during hurricane season.
Gas mileage is recalculated based on miles per fume.
Lovebugs do not disappear in 100 mph wind gusts.
Despite protests, kids can re-live their parentsʼ youth when there were only 3 tv channels!
Cats are even more irritating without power.
Houston without traffic lights resembles Mexico City , Rome , Los Angeles and New York City all rolled int o a single snarl.
A 7 lb bag of ice will chill 6-12 oz beers to a drinkable temperature in 11 minutes, and still keep a 14 lb. turkey frozen for 8 more hours.
There were a lot of really big trees around here!
People will get into a line that has already formed without having any idea what the line is for.
Calories consumed during a hurricane or power outage do not count.
Telemarketers function no matter what the weather is doing. New Delhi does not check the weather report in Houston .
Most popular text message after September 13: do u hve pwr
Twenty-seven of your neighbors are fed from a different transformer than you, and th ey are quick to point that out!
Crickets and cicadas can increase their volume to overcome the sound of 14 generators.

Dirty clothes in an unsupervised hamper multiply at an exponential rate.
Coffee, spaghetti and frozen pizzas can be made on a grill.
He who has the biggest generator wins
Tree service companies are under-appreciated, except after hurricanes.
There are a lot more stars in the sky than most people thought.
If you owned a store that sold only ice, chain saws, gas and generators, you would be rich.