Hurricanes Are No Place For Drunks

I don't dig drunk drivers.

One of my highschool friends lay moaning and screaming in my mom's arms on the side of the road after being hit by a drunk driver. He died shortly afterward. That kind of stayed with me, and I've never had any tolerance whatsoever for anyone who chooses to drive while impaired.

Just the other day we were headed down I-95. A car ahead of us was having some serious trouble staying in their lane. It was fairly early in the day; much too early for most people to be that intoxicated, yet late enough that I doubted they were still partying. The driver was swerving so much that passing vehicles were slamming on their brakes to avoid being hit. I noted their license plate and the mile marker sign and called them in. At one point we were close enough to see that the driver was an older woman. Maybe she wasn't drunk at all. Maybe she was having medical issues or was on some medication that made her a little loopy. Regardless, she had no business driving and she was a definite hazard on the road. No sympathy here.

In a few days a big ole' hurricane is going to be affecting the East Coast. Having grown up in Florida and still residing in the Southeast I am all too familiar with what goes down when a Hurricane is on its way. Ya'll know what I'm talking about...hurricane parties. As if wandering around in a massive storm isn't bad enough, let's do it while drunk! 

And to top all this off, it's Labor Day Weekend. So even if you don't have a Hurricane Party to attend there will be plenty of other opportunities. Please. Make the right choice. Don't drive if you're even the slightest bit impaired. Thanks to the folks at Global Influence, here are some sites I want you to bookmark and use if you need them.


1. 50 Nonalcoholic drink recipes to serve up at your Hurricane/Labor Day party
2. Nationwide list of alternative drivers who will happily take your drunk ass home (sometimes in your own car). Plug this number in your cell phone today!
3. Check out the Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving website for more information.

Keeping it real: Links provided by Global Influence. I was not compensated for this post.