Posted on 08/30/2005 8:03:13 AM PDT by alligator
The attached is a video from WWL TV in New Orleans. The mayor of New Orleans gives a very detailed report of the condition of the city. As bad as the national news is painting the picture, it falls short of the devastation that has occurred.
There are 8 refineries located in the New Orleans to Mobile areas. Nearly 1/2 of all the gasoline in the country is refined here. These are all shut down, and they don't know for how long. Even if they were capable of running the refineries, there will be a huge shortage of workers as they have evacuated. All of Metarie, Slidell, Mandeville, Kenner, etc is under water and there is no place for them to come home to. Large oil super tankers will not be able to off load to the refineries even if they could run. The pipelines and transport facilities are all in jeopardy.
The New Orleans port and the Mississippi River structure carries nealy 1/4th of the entire countries goods and equipment. The export and import of goods will cease for a long period of time. Fill up your tanks, stock up your goods. Prices will be rising
http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/082905mayor.wmv
I will not go into panic mode.
BTTT
Doomed!!!
amen to that.
WE ARE DOOMED! THE END IS COMING! WE NEED HILLARY TO SAVE US!!! Man, what am I saying. Slap me back to reality.
Then you will be left all alone............
Not quite...according to http://news.ft.com/cms/s/182d0182-18c5-11da-8fe9-00000e2511c8.html, analysts estimated roughly 12 per cent of total US crude oil production and 10 per cent of US refining capacity had to be shut down - so your doomsday scenario is just as misplaced as you claim the media's rosy picture to be.
Last I heard NO has declared martial law. No wonder...saw some film of people looting, I think it was in Mississippi. And I'm sure before long there will be bogus "contractors" out to prey on the devastated, if they haven't already started.
Sad thing is that a devastating event like this brings out the bad as well as the good.
Also heard the death toll in just one part of Mississippi is now 80.
geeze, and the President's on vacation too. Why isn't he down there rebuilding????????? what a slacker. (sarcasm)
Slap me back to reality.
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Ok...
(((SLAP)))
And to think Bush could've fixed all this!
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LOL
Your post made me feel like I had listened to Air American for 5 minutes. All doom and gloom, all the time.
bttt
finally.
And to think Bush could've fixed all this!
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He could have prevented this...by signing the Kyoto Agreement.
Actually saw this on some other politics website. :)
Far less deaths than the worst case scenario would have produced, but the death toll is going to rise considerably.
The economic impact is going to be severe for the nation, catastrophic for Louisianna.
Gas prices will rise further. New Orleans is flooding and will be under water for months.
Sh1t happens. Mother Nature's a bitch.
I work (technical sales) in the industry, and in those refineries, and am quite familiar with each and every refinery down there. My intent on reporting this was not to have panic set in or cause greater concern. I didn't even consider that aspect. However, that said, I can understand the feds not wanting to have the situation worsen by hording and panic buying, so I would expect there to be news articles planted to reassure the public. But I speak from knowledge. You do what you want with that info...
And apparently she's back in heat!
Yeah, the enviro-whackos will be milking this.
Scum.
Well, we've got a president who is capable of going down there to rebuild if he had to. Can you imagine former presidents, besides Carter, capable of that? It's the one thing I give Jimmy Carter credit for.
"I can understand the feds not wanting to have the situation worsen by hording and panic buying,..."
Which is why the market should be allowed to work. The prices should be allowed to rise to levels that will prevent this activity. The problem is that many state governments would then charge the gas stations or oil companies with price gauging.
Walter Williams talks a lot about these market concepts.
I have SO got to scrounge up a .wav file of that and keep it handy for certain situations here at work.
}:-)4
He may do good down there yet, he is good with a chainsaw cutting brush!!! (SAC off)
Doomed?
I have already heard that today at work.
General Wise and New Orleans Mayor Victor Schiro visiting flooded areas in Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes after Hurricane Betsy in September 1965.
We can build a camp fire,... sing some songs,...
Remember on 9/11 the reporters refused to show the footage of the real carnage going on? Are they censoring the news again?
If the price of gas goes much higher the pressure on wages will be immense, especially in urban areas which have job sprawl and poor mass transit. Here in St. Louis for example our remarkable Metro just cut the Cross County and refuses to service large parts of Chesterfield and St. Charles County, which has jobs but needs entry-level workers.
When wage indices go up, the genius Fed led by the Sage Greenspan will jack rates up in response.
recession will turn to depression.
I think the New Orleans officials could have prevented a lot of it by actually spending the money they collect to maintain the levee system on maintaining the levees.
New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina
Bought your gasoline futures, did you?
It's about 90% barges and railcars.
Sure, you could jump on top, but it's not really anything that can handle people very well.
Different time...different kind of men...
(sigh)
Bill Paxton rocks!!!
The Gov. just said it was far worse than they have feared.
I am flabbergasted by the attitude on this thread. No one need panic, but frankly, it IS a bad situation. Yesterday, when Shep was standing out in the French Quarter and it didn't seem so bad in NO, I thought....just wait until they get choppers in the air. This morning, he and his crew are pulling out. If Shep isn't willing to stay there for face time, it probably is bad.
I am not a doom and gloomer. I would rather be pro-active tho, and know the situation.
susie
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