Dekalb County Cancels School Due to Gas Shortage…

By atl_kendall
September 23rd, 2005 @ 3:43 PM Uncategorized

Has anyone else heard about this?

Dekalb County Schools will be closed Monday Sept 26th and Tuesday Sept 27th at the request of Govenor Purdue due to low fuel supplies. WHAT THE FU**?

7 Comments so far

  1. Paulie [eatl/ga] (unregistered) on September 23rd, 2005 @ 4:01 pm

    CNN reported that Gov Perdue has ordered all GA schools closed Mon and Tue to conserve gas. I’ve been trying to verify this but to no avail.


  2. dpnation (unregistered) on September 23rd, 2005 @ 4:13 pm

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/23/news.update.fri/index.html

    Ga. Gov. asks schools to close 2 days to save fuel following Rita’s landfall

    ATLANTA (CNN) — Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue announced Friday he has asked all public schools in Georgia to close Monday and Tuesday of next week to avoid use of gasoline.

    Perdue predicted the move would save almost 500,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

    This is among other measures the state is taking to conserve fuel as Hurricane Rita barrels toward the Gulf region, threatening oil refinery facilities, he said.

    He also said he was asking state employees to work four-day weeks or telecommute, and he asked Georgians not to panic-buy gasoline. (4:10 p.m.)

    —
    When it’s still 90 degrees out, it’s hard to close school for even a chance of snow, so I guess this is the next best thing..


  3. Kent (Atl Metblogs) (unregistered) on September 23rd, 2005 @ 4:13 pm

    I just saw this on CNN. I have no idea what to think about the priorities of the Georgia State Government.


  4. jehad (unregistered) on September 23rd, 2005 @ 4:17 pm

    as of yet nothing yet the gov’s website

    or Georgia’s dept of education website

    but here’s what CNN had:

    Ga. Gov. asks schools to close 2 days to save fuel following Rita’s landfall

    ATLANTA (CNN) — Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue announced Friday he has asked all public schools in Georgia to close Monday and Tuesday of next week to avoid use of gasoline.

    Perdue predicted the move would save almost 500,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

    This is among other measures the state is taking to conserve fuel as Hurricane Rita barrels toward the Gulf region, threatening oil refinery facilities, he said.

    He also said he was asking state employees to work four-day weeks or telecommute, and he asked Georgians not to panic-buy gasoline. (4:10 p.m.)


  5. Lori (unregistered) on September 23rd, 2005 @ 4:53 pm

    I love the whole “shut down schools” but “don’t panic.”


  6. Lori (unregistered) on September 23rd, 2005 @ 4:56 pm

    Oh, and here’s the announcement on Purdue’s website:
    http://www.gov.state.ga.us/press/2005/press933.shtml


  7. karsh (unregistered) on September 23rd, 2005 @ 7:32 pm

    I’m all for that “telecommute” option. Anything to not deal with office drama.

    Love,
    Georgia State Employee



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