Comments on: Waiting for storm in Saint Martinville, LA

By: AutumnLeaves

AutumnLeaves — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:58:05 +0000

I am amazed at the size of the ring of chairs around the bonfire spot. Must have been a large group! My son-in-law is a trucker and I think he or my daughter said that the semi’s are often left running for conservation of gas as it takes quite a bit of fuel to start the engines…course, I could be remembering what they told me wrong too…I get old wives tales mixed in with my thoughts. LOLOL

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:19:37 +0000

It was definitely the truck engine not just a cooling unit, but I could easily believe that they must keep the truck running to keep frozen goods frozen.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:25:12 +0000

Well, I am, as you well know, a *very* tiny person!

It turned out that the storm passed to the north of us, so we didn’t get any weather other than a bit of wind in the afternoon. Fine with me.

By: JP

JP — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:09:18 +0000

I can only speculate as to why a trucker would idle all night but looking at your photo, the motor you heard may have been not the truck but the Fruit and Vegetable trailer’s air conditioning unit. Possibly the truck engine supplies A/C power,

Alternatively, they may be paid by the hour and the reference is the engine’s clock

I enjoy the pics, good luck with the storm.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:20:35 +0000

Question: is Nicole so ‘little’ or is the oak that huge:)
I keep my fingers crossed for you to get through that storm with flying colors.
Thanks for the pics.
I am seeing a trucker in the next couple of days (husband of a friend) and will ask why they let the truck idle.
Good night!