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
Somebody else said that this would be a golden opportunity for Bush to simply declare that there was a national emergency, that programs would be designed immediately - and implemented ASAP - to find and produce oil domestically, build new refineries, build nuke power plants, etc. - and just let the Dems howl.
Supposedly the oil transport/pumping/refinery system in LA was not as badly damaged as they expected, but it still gave us a glimpse of what might happen if we don't act now.
Sadly, I think Bush will try to go in and build "consensus" with the Dems, which of course will never happen, rather than striking while the iron is hot and he would probably have public support.
Man..I wouldn't slap Bruce Lee even when dead all these years. He might get up and kick my Ozark A**.
Well you might ask Senator Mary Landrieu about that. Her father Moon (former NO mayor) bears a lot of responsibility there. However, the time to throw stones is not here yet.
Watching a pickup full of people traveling in deep water....why don't they get dump trucks in there to haul people to safety?
The voters of New Orleans are Democrat fools. It is not the voters or elected officials of N.O. that will save the city. It is the people of the city that run the businesses, in oil, shipping and tourism, along with the US Army and our President that will save the city. New Orleans is just a couple of steps alongside Detroit as a failed liberal city. Its strength is the folks that are the real movers and shakers, and I can assure you it is not the Mayor and his cronies.
Nawwww I think it was his roll in Weird Science as Chet.
Because he's from a long line of idiot NO mayors.
Care to list the 8 refineries you are counting? I looked at this PDF list and couldn't come up with that many: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/le/benzene/benz_apb.pdf
I count Belle Chasse and Chalmette in New Orleans, one in Mobile, and one in Pascagoula.
There are about 148 or 149 refineries in the country.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/usa.html
As far as 'imports and exports will cease' - there just isn't any truth to that. The river isn't blocked. Cargo will be re-routed around New Orleans. Jacksonville, Savannah, Houston and smaller ports will pick up the slack. Transport costs will increase slightly. CSX and NS should do quite well. CN, KSC, BNSF and SP should also benefit.
We'ree going to incur a cost of billions of dollars, that's what WE'RE going to do.
I'm not the kind of person to tell you "I told you so", but, if I was I would............
Let's just wait and see when the rest of the world or that irrelavent body of the UN comes to America's assistance - or even who offers aid or relief..
We're more likely to find more help under the floodwaters of Katrina.
Most I know of are west of NO, in the "Golden Triangle".
Someone more knowledgeable than I can elaborate or refute that matter, but we're not all dead yet. We're just squoze harder.
Agree with what you are saying - I share your anger at the LA gov and mayor but will stifle it for now. They are both waaaay out of their element in so many ways - they need to move aside and let the professionals handle it. Watching the Coast Guard rescuing a family from a roof right now. Thank God for such men.
LA, like TX, has been been badmouthed for years about how polluted it is and what poor environmentalist they are.
Gasoline is in short supply or will be and it would deserve the bashers well if LA said screw your gas, we're taking care of our own first. No further exports to Blue States!
send in Rudy.
Yes, most of the Louisiana refineries are west of New Orleans. Mississippi has several away from the coast, as does Alabama. There are many refineries across Texas and Okalhoma, California has some, and there are some in places that you would never think of.
The big questions are how long the LOOP will be offline and whether there are problems bringing in the offshore oil. Most of the platforms themselves should be coming back by the end of the week if they can get the crews together. (Most were west of the storm's path).
I'm still predicting a sharp break in oil prices, although the timing will be delayed by this storm.
I'm hoping gas doesn't hit $3.50/gallon.
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