Getting all that junk out of the way of our fishing boats will be good for the economy of NO's.
Come to New Orleans for a great fishing vacation in the Big Easy! Can trophy stripers in the new Lake Haliburton. The Evil Bushes love it.
Posted on 09/16/2005 11:49:18 AM PDT by SierraWasp
1:51 USTR Portman says Louisiana ports are 'open for business'
That was fast. I hope there are warehouses available. Didn't some of them burn?
Sheesh! Bush musta put some "fast actin tinactin" into that lil speech of his last nite!!!
I'll say it was!!! Why... IT'S A MIRACLE BY BUSH!!!
See what happens when you hose everything down the Mississippi drain with muney?
Bush's fault.
The Navy mining removing taskforce has been hard at work finding sunken debris which might harm a ship and clearing it.
Our military personnel have done incredible jobs as soon as the hurricane left La..
It's all Bush's fault!
Well... I thought I heard him, or at least one of his underlings say that "Heaven and Earth" were going to be moved for this effort!!!
Getting all that junk out of the way of our fishing boats will be good for the economy of NO's.
Come to New Orleans for a great fishing vacation in the Big Easy! Can trophy stripers in the new Lake Haliburton. The Evil Bushes love it.
But of course it is!!! And when they get done sniffing at his crack to find fault, he's gonna blow them media punks completely to hell and back!!! (I hate the "and back" part!)
When you can move Heaven & Earth & the US Federal Govermint ta "solve problems," well heh heh helllllllllll... Look out baby! Here it comes!!! (A $200 Billion MOAB, that is...) Them "problems" are gonna feel just like Saddam Heusein, President emeritus of Iwrack!!! (oh! and Iran, too!!!)
Hot dam, that's phunny!!! Love it, Grampa Dave!!!
Yep, sure looks like business in New Orleans...
Like most of the Hollywood left, of course.
I saw somewhere that the railroads are a problem however....6 major railroads come into New Orleans.
Hay! Why ain't Clinton in that picture holding Daddy's pole???
"Hay! Why ain't Clinton in that picture holding Daddy's pole???"
Actually, that is Clinton, who is being held by GW.
It's real quiet on the railroad front. Without a doubt they are working diligently on their railyard problems and don't have time or anybody to spare to come uptown and make political speeches. The trains have to move, and they shall.
Or does she represent an open port, or what???
That must be some "wanton woman" I don't recognize because I'm losing my cognitive abilities, er sumthin!!!
Is zat wunna dem tawlkin suckkahs they yoosed ta call "Billy?" (coulda either been Carter, or Clinton, that way!)
There will be more hits to public corporations. DAL and NWAC went first and early, but there will be quarterly jolts in several sectors. The corporate cornfields of Iowa should be in good shape, and the quick blip on corn futures is gone already.
Noefolk Southern already has their line running, although there still remains work to be done on facilities within the city. Last I looked, CSX was still closed, and based on their route, they will be the last to open. The two western road, BNSF and SP, probably received only minor damage, and I would be surprised if they weren't already back in service. CN comes around the lake fairly close to the water, so I'm not sure what their status is. KCS runs down from Baton Rouge, and they should have most, if not all, of the line open by now.
Ping
There now...I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT!!!
CSX did get hammered on the FL-LA track, so it has the biggest remaining problems (and they are considerable, judging from the photos).
Thanks to all for the upbeat info. Americans hard at work solving problems is the best news of the day.
When you remove academia, the media and most politicians from the picture, Americans always get the job done. Not always the most refined way, and often with some grumbling, but the job gets done. Always has.
OK, I had a few minutes to research. 5 of the 6 are serving New Orleans.
UP, BNSF, CN and NS and KCS are back in operation. CSX isn't.
As I noted, NS opened its rail lines. "NORFOLK, VA -- Sixteen days after Hurricane Katrina struck, Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) has completed repairs to its Lake Pontchartrain Bridge, restoring rail freight service into New Orleans and reopening important interchange points with western rail carriers."
http://www.nscorp.com/nscorphtml/releases05/no_restored.html
CN renewed service to New Orleans on this past Tuesday:
" VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canadian National Railway Co. restored its direct line to New Orleans on Tuesday, " http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-09-13T213942Z_01_YUE378003_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-CNRAIL-SERVICE-COL.XML&archived=False
KCS resumed limited interchange service at NO on this past Wednesday.
http://notes.kcsi.com/WebApps/service.nsf/6ea4e3f29e1d17ee8625668d00720132/83e99a88514d10888625707c00751d75?OpenDocument
"Union Pacific, BNSF Rail Lines Get Back on Track"
over a week ago. http://www.rednova.com/news/technology/229054/union_pacific_bnsf_rail_lines_get_back_on_track/
Yes, 5 of the 6 are now serving NO. (See my post 32 for source links). The two western lines were back as soon as the Huey Long passed inspection. The two northern lines reopened within a day of each other. NS did a good job getting open. CSX had about 100 miles of work to do; it is no surprise that they will be the last. That will have more impact on the Mississippi coast than on New Orleans, however.
A little has been deverted to Baton Rouge Port (too small to handle much) the rest is going into the Port of Houston. That's where all the goods are going now. Much of those goods will NEVER return to N.O.'s port.
"LOL....all the highways leading to the N.O.'s ports are in ruin...it's impossible to operator this port w/out highways. It'll take months to rectify that problem."
Not so fast, Bucky. A large portion of the shipping to and from N.O.'s ports involves barged goods going and coming on the Mississippi River. No highways involved.
Living in St. Paul, I watch barges laden with iron ore and grain heading down the river, and barges full of other goods heading up the river. I often fish on the Mississippi, and the barge traffic, even this far north, is quite remarkable (not to mention a big PITA for a guy in a small boat).
You're probably right...however, I just watched a program talking about the N.O.'s port and I just repeated exactly what was reported. The CEO of community coffee talked in great detail about what his company was having to do. All his coffee is going into the Houston Port.
"You're probably right...however, I just watched a program talking about the N.O.'s port and I just repeated exactly what was reported. The CEO of community coffee talked in great detail about what his company was having to do. All his coffee is going into the Houston Port."
Coffee? That's one commodity. It does not travel in barges, so it would naturally have to find a different port. That does not mean that other commodities do not travel by barge.
The closing of the Port of N.O. backed up barge traffic mightily up here in Minnesota. It's moving again, now. You have no idea how much travels by barge. Even motor homes, made in Wisconsin and Minnesota travel by barge down the river. It's so much cheaper to ship by barge that anything that can be moved that way is moved that way.
If these goods travel by barge where are they off loaded? Other ships traveling out of the USA? Without highways or railways it's not possible with the N.O.'s ports.
Shucks, t'warn't nothin'. For one who can cause and direct a hurricane, opening a little old port ain't notin'.
Although the Dems and the MSM (Is there a difference?) do all they can to hide it, that is absolutely correct. The Coast Guard deserves special recognition.
He had better check the egg market. He has enough on his face to make a killing.
Wednesday we picked up our Grandkids after school and got to talk to one of our DIL's neighbors, a wife of a Coast Guard Commander.
I complimented the Coasties, and she thanked me. Then she said that the Iowa Jima was the home and landing port of a lot of Coast Guard helio crews and other Coastie crews. As usual the SeaBees were working with the Coasties to repair harbors and docks along with the Marine engineers.
A young man who grew up in our neighborhood is a CHP copter pilot, and he and his flight EMT are going to NO's to relieve another pilot and his flight emt. This young man is a great pilot and has done some amazing rescues in the Bay area and the coast. He has the highest praise and admiration for the Coast Guard copter pilots.
Thangs er gonna be A-OK in Amurreeka rotaway!!! (grinnin like a slit watermellon!)
Isn't that just an incredible picture....grain from the worlds breadbasket goes down that river.
NO is a river/ocean port first and formost...Things come down the river by barge, go out by ship. Things come up to NO by ship, go upriver by barge. Been doing this type of business nearly 300 years. They're pretty good at it by now...
I figured that's what they were going to be used for - clearing waterways. Clearing them of debris is pretty similar to clearing mines, which is what they're built for and their crews are trained for - lots of slow trolling and sensor watch. They're small, relatively shallow draft, and cheap in case one gets blown up or destroyed. Can you think of any better units to use? I can't.
Man, that is one seriously unattractive woman!
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