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Economic damage from Ike may be less than feared
AP via Yahoooooooo ^
| 9-13-08
| DAVID KOENIG and ELLEN SIMON
Posted on 09/13/2008 5:47:07 PM PDT by dynachrome
A small change in Hurricane Ike's course just before it crashed into the Texas coast Saturday may have spared the state and the nation from significantly worse economic damage.
The center of the storm appeared to miss the vital concentration of oil and petrochemical refineries in the Houston area, and the surge of water rolling into the nation's second-largest port was also weaker than predicted.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: damage; hurricane; ike; texas
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Well, the obamarama/plugs team is daddened by this news.
To: dynachrome
Is there a way to bet on the over/under for wild guesses made by professional political types and how close they get to actual results?
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:49:01 PM PDT
by
Bernard
(If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember exactly what you said.)
To: dynachrome
Thank YOU, Lord Jesus, for sparing us!
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:50:01 PM PDT
by
Buddygirl
To: dynachrome
So I guess that the "Certain Death" advisory has also been cancelled!
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:51:06 PM PDT
by
skimbell
To: dynachrome
...The Weakstream Media is Greatly Disappointed...
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:52:58 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
To: dynachrome
maybe they are “saddened”, also.
sheesh.
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:53:30 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Henry Bowman is right)
To: dynachrome
just don’t
whine nor blame bush
like the new o’leans people!
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:53:36 PM PDT
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: xcamel
Weakstream Media
sounds like a bit of prostate problem to me!
:)
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:54:18 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Henry Bowman is right)
To: dynachrome
Any word on the oil refineries? Damages?
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:54:31 PM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(Obama's mama was a Seattle Marxist, trained him, thus he is a Marxist. A communist.)
To: dynachrome
Well, the obamarama/plugs team is daddened by this news. And deeply saddened, too, lol.
To: dynachrome
The bladder ejects it’s contents into their brains..
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:56:05 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
To: dynachrome
Not to brag or anything;-) but I called Ike back when it left Cuba it was a spent force and never get above Cat2.
Not that I had any special knowledge or anything but when Gustav failed to gain strength over the areas in the gulf that supercharged Katrina and Rita, it was simple to deduce Ike would to the same.
Oh and “Global Warming” is over.
To: RegulatorCountry
Real men donut use spelchek!
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:57:17 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Henry Bowman is right)
To: xcamel
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:58:28 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Henry Bowman is right)
To: RetiredArmy
Any word on the oil refineries? Damages?According to the Energy Dep. the major oil refineries in the areas have escaped major damage and should resume full capacity in less than a month.
To: dynachrome
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posted on
09/13/2008 5:59:41 PM PDT
by
null and void
(When you bang your forehead on the ground five times a day, you get brain damage.)
To: RetiredArmy
Any word on the oil refineries? Damages?
According to the Energy Dep. the major oil refineries in the areas have escaped major damage and should resume full capacity in less than a month.
To: RedMonqey
Less than a month? Okay, that means the ole shortages BS. So we can expect another 20, 30 or 40 cent spike later this week I guess.
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posted on
09/13/2008 6:01:26 PM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(Obama's mama was a Seattle Marxist, trained him, thus he is a Marxist. A communist.)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
09/13/2008 6:04:39 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(McCain-Palin! YES CA Prop 4. (Family notification for underage abortions))
To: dynachrome
Ike is history, Time for Drudge to put Charles Gibson’s sneering, misogynistic face on his front page.
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posted on
09/13/2008 6:11:48 PM PDT
by
montag813
(www.BoycottUsWeekly.com | Fight the Smears)
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