Dear Sensei Gecko 45:

Is there anything you can suggest to people living in Louisiana that might guide them in preparation for the oncoming hurricane?

Surely they have some experience from Katrina, but your guidance might be most helpful and timely.

Thank you.

Your humbled student

Dingie -- I reccomend not living below sea level on the coast.

Unlike those of us in the national security business, nrmal citizens don't need to risk there lives everyday for no reason. I get paid (and paid well I might add) to put my life on the line everyday in dangerous places. I'm no hero, just a regular guy with exceptional training and bravery.

But for normal people, why would you live in a town that gets destroyed on a regular basis? You woudn't. That would be dumb.

So how should the citizens of New Orleans prepare for the hrricane? Get out of New Orleans. And stay out.

Now on the other hand my brothers in action down there have quite a task ahead of them. As you no doubt already understand. indoor retail centers tend to be the best protected structures in the world. This is one reason why. Looting after katrina was out of control. That won't be allowed to happen this time. Trust me. I was personally involved in some of the planning that that has taken place since the last huricane. Anyone trying to break into a retail center this time is going to meet my friend Mr. .338 Lapua.

You probably expected me to say hunker down and defende your property. Right? Right. That would be stupid. Really stupid. It's what I would do if I was down there. But it's stupid for other people to try that. They just don't have the training and conditioning to stand in the face of a hurricane.

Out here.

Gecko, I don't live near hurricanes, but here up north we have ice storms. how can i prepare for that?

The trick with ice storms is that they can really mess up your gear. When our perimter patrol teams need to operate in the cold, we keep our weapons in a warm pizza delivery pouch that the local Dominos donated. Keeping your gear warm is critical. The oil used in firearms can freeze and you can't afford to have your gun frozen in a fight.

Also get salt rock. We keep more than ton of it here at the facility and even at home I always have at least one or two 50 pound bags. Pour salt rock on anything and the ice will melt.

I never thought of this before but I bet you could pour salt rock into water and then dump your guns in there overnight. That would probably work better than oil and would definitely protect them against freezing.

Gecko, I took your advice an ordered 250 50-lb bags of rock salt, So i can also salt my swimming pool and store arms int here and use rock salt bags as makeshift cover on doors and windows. I have a special case with recirulating salt water also holding my select fire norinco m14 rechambered in 458 lott, so no matter what comes in my home im ready