No mention of lowering speed limits or banning gas guzzlers from the highways. Better to do away with educating the kids.
Gas jitters close schools, jam pumps Perdue's request, short notice rile parents
By CARLOS CAMPOS The Atlanta Journal-Consbreastution Published on: 09-24-05
Gov. Sonny Perdue asked Georgians late Friday to remain calm as a hurricane again threatened to disrupt the state's gasoline supply. It didn't work.
Within minutes of his canceling school for two days next week and asking Georgians to conserve fuel in anticipation of a repeat of the Hurricane Katrina gas crunch, motorists began queuing up at gas stations, and anxious parents wondered what to do with their children on Monday and Tuesday.
In a conference telephone call, Perdue asked state school superintendents to suspend school Monday and Tuesday to help conserve 500,000 gallons of diesel fuel and countless gallons of gasoline expended by parents shuttling students and teachers going to and from work. Although the closures are voluntary, Perdue said he anticipates that every school system would close both days.
Only four school systems ÷ Floyd County, Haralson County, Rome city and Thomasville city ÷ decided to remain open.
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