Go pee. Have some coffee and look at the Wegman's parking lot to see the excitement
If RR strikes, UPS will not be put trailers on the train. They will probably stop several days before the strike, like perishables will.Something to consider:
UPS PLACES many trailers on the rail system each day. If the railroad puts up a picked line the UPS drivers should honor that line. You are really talking trouble now!
Let us pray that doesn’t happen.
PRI-D?Some biocide in there to keep from gunking up filters is your friend.
Along with the Pri-D. IIRC, Pri-D doesn't include biocide. But I use it (and Pri-G) exclusively to maintain the "freshness".PRI-D?
I have had great success using Power Service Diesel Additive, this is in the northeast.Along with the Pri-D. IIRC, Pri-D doesn't include biocide. But I use it (and Pri-G) exclusively to maintain the "freshness".
ETA: Scroll down to post #7 on this survivalistboard forum for a more detailed discussion; Pri-D has a fungicide but not a biocide in it. The fungicide definitely helps.
PRI-D (diesel) shelf life?
The difference is Reagan vs. the union tool Bai-Den. Big cojones vs. shriveled peanuts.This time the news media says Congress will deal with it. But why?
President Reagan yesterday signed an order blocking a nationwide rail strike that had been planned for Sunday night by the union representing 35,000 locomotive engineers and firemen.
The executive order forestalls a strike for a 60-day "cooling-off period" and establishes an emergency board to investigate the dispute between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and most of the nation's major rail lines.
Influenced by the potential impact on shipment of winter wheat, national defense materiel and coal as well as unemployment and intercity passenger travel, Reagan acted within hours of receiving word from a labor mediation board that the situation was "extremely critical," deputy White House press secretary Larry Speakes said in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Loading…
www.washingtonpost.com
Walk to the bathroom and pee.
Have a cup of coffee.
What would we do if an RR strike happens? Nothing, nothing out of the ordinary. Simply macht nichts.
EXACTLY.Whether it happens or not, we should have taken care of everything long before Dec 9.
Helen, we ate up that 60 day cooling off period 3+ months ago......This time the news media says Congress will deal with it. But why?
President Reagan yesterday signed an order blocking a nationwide rail strike that had been planned for Sunday night by the union representing 35,000 locomotive engineers and firemen.
The executive order forestalls a strike for a 60-day "cooling-off period" and establishes an emergency board to investigate the dispute between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and most of the nation's major rail lines.
Influenced by the potential impact on shipment of winter wheat, national defense materiel and coal as well as unemployment and intercity passenger travel, Reagan acted within hours of receiving word from a labor mediation board that the situation was "extremely critical," deputy White House press secretary Larry Speakes said in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Loading…
www.washingtonpost.com
They shut down the economy in 20/21... here in NM only 75 people could be in a super WAL-MART, you had to wait in line in foul weather to buy groceries.... you have to be suffering from some serious Stockholm syndrome to think they are scared to plunge the knife in deep!
If they are looking to break people's spirit... Christmas is a great time for a good hard beating... after all, most people proved beyond doubt they have no fight in them!
They shut down the economy in 20/21... here in NM only 75 people could be in a super WAL-MART, you had to wait in line in foul weather to buy groceries.... you have to be suffering from some serious Stockholm syndrome to think they are scared to plunge the knife in deep!
If they are looking to break people's spirit... Christmas is a great time for a good hard beating... after all, most people proved beyond doubt they have no fight in them!
No EO was used.Helen, we ate up that 60 day cooling off period 3+ months ago......
I have no radio or TV, so I'll assume It will be announced on this forum. If an above post says that unions must give 9 days notice, does that mean if there is to be a strike, the notice will be about November 30th/December 1st? Such word of a union notice would have me topping off preps then, not on December 9th.The warnings and announcements will be VERY public, and the hyperventilating and gnashing of teeth will be UNMISTAKABLE even if you DON'T have TeeVee OR Radio.
No EO was needed since the base laws have changed to the point that all the Admenstruation has to do NOW is form a task force, have them do a recommended settlement contract and the 60 days is around that document. There are times built in for voting etc. No EO needed anymore.No EO was used.
DUDE!!!This from my liberal socialist niece.
“Our open airways and railroads are the weakest due to not being nationalized.”
Absolutely. Then offer your extras in the swaps and sales forum at a markup.so...from what I've gathered from this thread..
there's gonna be a run on coffee and I should get myself to the store before you all do...
So once again the nation and its economy is facing the risk of a massive freight railroad strike, this one as soon as Dec. 9. But about the only thing you don’t need to worry about it is whether it will affect your holiday shopping plans. (It won’t.)
A prolonged rail strike could create all types of shortages, from gasoline to food to automobiles, and cause a spike in the prices of all types of consumer goods. It can screw up the commutes of tens of thousands of workers who take the train to work, slow the delivery of parts and force factories to shut down. But one area that most likely won’t see immediate or severe disruptions will be Christmas.
“The stuff that needs to move for the holidays has already moved by rail,” said Balaji Guntur, vice president in global consultancy Kearney’s transportation practice and a logistics veteran. The goods that retailers are counting on for the holidays are already in stores or nearby warehouses...
A strike would “would utterly upend the supply chain,” Dodge said, adding that concern among retail CEOs is “high” because of the increasing risk of a national rail strike. About 30% of the nation’s freight, when measured by weight and distance traveled, moves by rail, and there just isn’t enough capacity on trucks or other modes to move those goods if the railroads grind to a halt...
Gasoline
Refineries get most of their crude oil via pipelines and ship most of the products they produce, such as gas, diesel and jet fuel, via pipelines. Still, railroad tank cars are a key part of that process.
Just about all ethanol that goes into gasoline moves by rail; gasoline wouldn’t be compliant with some environmental regulations without it. But even if those regulations could be waived, the cost of a gallon of gas without ethanol would jump by about 16 cents due to the loss of tax breaks, according to Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for OPIS....
(E)ach day about 300,000 barrels (of oil) move by rail, a volume that would supply about two mid-size refineries, according to data from the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, the refineries’ trade group. Numerous chemicals used in the refining process also are transported via rail, as do some lower-grade products and waste materials.
“If rail cars aren’t coming in regularly to pick up facility products, including the sulfur that refiners remove from crude oil, production will have to curtail,” the refineries’ trade group said earlier this fall.
Food
Food prices might not be as negatively affected by an early December strike date,as they would have been in September amid the fall harvest. But grain and other food products still need to move by rail...
“Any additional disruption of rail service would immediately impact the nation’s food and agriculture and broader supply chains,” said Mike Seyfert, CEO of the National Grain and Feed Association. “The risk in both domestic and international markets is real...”
Cars
About 75% of completed cars built in US factories or imported here move by rail. So do many of the parts used to build vehicles, moving between suppliers and car assembly plants, and production will quickly halt if those rail links are severed. It would take time to make up for lost output, creating upward pressure on car prices.
Manufacturing
Most factories aim to have parts and raw materials delivered right before they’re used in assembly lines — a process known as “just-in-time” delivery. Many factories depend on rail to receive those parts and supplies and then ship out them out for delivery...
A lengthy rail strike could result in temporary plant closures, which is what happened across the global auto industry in recent years due to the shortage of parts and computer chips.
Commuting
Only the nation’s freight rail lines face a pending strike, but commuters would likely be affected, too. Many commuter trains travel on tracks maintained and operated by the freight railroads and passenger railroads expect they’ll have to shut down their operations once the freight strike starts...