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
Excellent reply.
Thank you.
Note---"I" am NOT suggesting that the BC spillway should be opened--just saying that "if" there was flooding danger from the Mississippi, that is what they would do. BUT, the flooding danger is NOT from the Mississippi, so they won't.
Well, this is my fist post since the night of the storm.
Power was restored here (in between Baton Rouge and New Orleans)last night.
Four guys from the shop where I work secured an aluminum flat bottomed boat, extra gasoline, etc. a few hours ago to help in the search and rescue efforts because we can't work anyway (power out in much of BR still where we source parts)....
We had heard that there was a meeting place where people like us willing to help were meeting near the NO metro so I placed a call to the Baton Rouge State trooper's station to get instructions.
They were very explicit in both voicing sincere thanks while informing me that they could not allow us to help seach for and save people in need because violence and gunfire have errupted within the city metro by looters.
I also just heard that civilians who rode the strom out there, both NO citizens and tourists were being placed onto the interstate west towards Baton Rouge and being instructed to walk towards Baton Rouge.....
Amazing....
I'm feeling pretty helpless right now....
TS
New Orleans politicans have been delaying a lot of things that they need to fix. And its time that residents ask why they aren't acting in the best interest of the public.
Actually this could be a good thing. Emergency Infrustructure rebuilding..ie build more refineries with very limited regulatory hassel...national security and all.
New Orleans is flooding and will be under water for months.-it always has been
Quote: Different time...different kind of men...
Yep! Men were men, women were women and the sheep were not nervous.
Hudson stole the show in that movie.
No it didn't. However, this is not the same kind of situation. Truly folks are feeling the same sort of pain and anxiety throughout the nation that is similar to that horrible day. But, the damage to the Gulf Coast is not at all comparable to the block that was destroyed in NY on 9/11.
Not only is the city of New Orleans in shambles, things stretch much farther and wider than that. When you say your prayers don't forget all the people all along the Gulf Coast and up through MS and AL. I've put a great deal of time paying attention to this over the past few days (personal and family interest is my motivation) and have yet to hear one word about the people of Picayune, nor the people of Pass Christian where the storm wreaked it most furious havoc. Remember Homestead after Andrew? Now multiply that devastation occurring along about a 2-3 mile swath, and multiply it by 10.
Also remember this storm was still a hurricane when it passed through Jackson, MS last night. There's a thousand small towns and millions of people that have been directly effected by this catastrophe that you'll never ever hear about from the media (shades of Ivan's destruction).
I'm not jumping on you in any way. I'm merely pointing out that the comparison to 9/11 is not a good one. I'm with you and believe the Gulf Coast will come back stronger than ever. There will be countless entrepreneurial opportunities for the folks down there after things settle down (when the water stops rising). That said, I'm optomistic about the outcome. There's not much sense in doom and gloom when there's work to be done.
I agree with you. If you look back over some of the greatest disasters in history, good things did emerge from them. And when you add American optimism, hard work and capitalism, I think what you say will be doubly true.
That's America...we bounce back.
The US Government by way of the Army Corp of Engineers maintains the levee system. Louisiana politicians don't have much say so, except for the US Congressmen and women.
I understand there are levee districts with local officials in New Orleans.
Do you still have your Y2K supplies? Where IS that gad-fly, Gary North, by the way? You can't have a real doomsday without him preaching the end of the world as we know it and selling you the only means of salvation. LOL
It is going to take a move by our government. One in which it removes all or most of the red tape on new refineries and nuke plants. They also need to remove all state requirements and fed requirements on grades and blends of gas.
Build an Oil Refinery on the Fan Pier property in South Boston and if Fat Boy says no, then Freeze A Yankee. Don't worry about me. I'll burn money!
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