[steveegg]

I topped off Sunday at $2.69 up here in the land of cheese and beer (I generally get 2 weeks out of a tank of gas). By Tuesday, it was up to $3.00, and this morning it was up to $3.15-$3.25. Haven't checked this afternoon.

Of course, I've got one of the highest gas taxes in the nation and a very special blend of boutique gas to deal with.

[cgk]

Updates as they come in on Katrina

01:15 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Tom Planchet

1:12 P.M. - WWL-TV's Josh McElveen describes the stench coming from the bathrooms in the Superdome as horrific.

1:03 P.M. - Mayor Nagin: Medical ship on the way to New Orleans.

12:56 P.M. - Governor Blanco - Time is not on our side for stopping the levee break. There were two breaches, when we thought there was only one. Communicatiion, or lack of same caused the problem.

12:55 P.M. - MIAMI (AP) -- Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines says it is considering a federal request that the company use some of its cruise ships as emergency shelters or help in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in some other way.

12:53 P.M. - Governor Blanco - thousands still need to be rescued.

12:52 P.M. - Governor Blanco: We will rebuild.

12:51 P.M. - Governor Blanco: The magnitude of this is overwhelming.

12:15 P.M. - Army Corps: 1,200 sandbags that are 20,000 pounds each are being brought in to bridge gap...water level is no longer rising.

12:11 P.M. - Army Corps: Water has become level with the Lake in the city so no more water should flow into the city, except at high tide.

12:10 P.M. - Engineers and construction experts are at the 17th Street Canal. They've filled 100, 3,000 pound sandbags and are trying to drop the bags and concrete barriers into the area.

[RobbyS]

Forty years ago, one each gas pump, there was a little window that showed how much the gas tax was. How many people today know that they pay more than $0.40 a gallon gas tax? They sure don't learn thatr at the pump.