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Posted on 08/28/2005 2:38:16 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Always be Memphis State to me. That is where we paid all of our life savings.
They don't HAVE any hurricanes in the ANWR, do they? Uninterrupted production?
yep...
I think dubya needs to release some of the strategic reserve, but the refinery capacity is still maxed.
I'd expect $80/barrel before the markets close in New York tomorrow. Damn the RATs for blocking ANWR in 2001.
A better way to transport those folks who can't afford to get out of town on their own needs to be found. Bus, train, whatever it takes.
Sometimes you just have to save your own life and the lives of your children and hope Mother Nature is kind to the animals.
Believe me, the animal activists will crawl over the dead people to save the animals after this is over.
There are no refineries in or near Bridgeton. Actually New Jersey only has a handful of refineries.
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 615,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Amerada Hess Corp. (Port Reading @ -0- BCD*) *Downstream capacity only
Chevron USA Inc. (Perth Amboy @ 80,000 BCD)
Citgo Asphalt Refining Co. (Paulsboro @ -0- BCD*) * 51,000 BCD Idle on 1/1/05
Sunoco Inc. (Westville @ 145,000 BCD)
ConocoPhillips (Linden @ 230,000 BCD)
Valero Refining Co. New Jersey (Paulsboro @ 160,000 BCD)
Someone living in Bridgeton could work at the refineries in Westville or Paulsboro.
No, I'm in Houston.
I haven't been here long enough to have experienced a hurricane,
but I figure it's only a matter of time.
Fortunately, I'm on the NW side of the city, which is relatively "safe".
But I doubt that it would be safe enough during one this size.
doesn't matter much.
something like a quarter of our REFINERIES are in the path of this storm as well.
our refinery capacity is already maxed.
I rode out a storm in the Bay of Biscay for 18 hours in a 36' sailboat. For eight hours my wind speed indicator was pegged at 60 knots but the wind got much higher than that. My mast was close to 50' off the water line and we had average wave height about 3/4 of that with some higher. Then the wind got really bad and blew the tops off of the waves and the ocean flat. We took three knock downs with the mast going under water. I was flat scared.
Nope...
I'll be willing to bet you couldn't get a piece of plywood in New Orleans and the surrounding areas if your life depended on it.
ok. Good to hear that.
That is, at least, some good news here.
That is an incredible picture, Ernest. It sort of took my breath away.
From Drudge...not a pretty picture...
Urgent Weather Message from NWS New Orleans
WWUS74 KLIX 281550NPWLIXURGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED
HURRICANE KATRINAA MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969. MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. ATLEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED.
CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE. HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATEADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...
AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK. POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...
BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEWCROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BEKILLED.AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEARHURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE..
.ARECERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTUREOUTSIDE!LAZ038-040-050-056>070-282100-ASSUMPTION-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-ST. CHARLES-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
Don't mean to sound morbid; but at least all the bodies will be in one place...
I panicked and made my husband fill up our cars today..:)
sw
"They don't HAVE any hurricanes in the ANWR, do they? Uninterrupted production?"
No, but ANWR will have "progressive" liberal "environmental" politicians.
She looks like the type that Alfred Hitchcock liked to hire for his leading ladies like Grace Kelly. Even if you don't like her, the Former Ambassador to Morocco always seems to be on when she is there. Coincidence? Maybe.
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