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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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.
1 posted on 09/13/2008 5:47:09 PM PDT by dynachrome
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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?
2 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.)
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To: dynachrome

Thank YOU, Lord Jesus, for sparing us!


3 posted on 09/13/2008 5:50:01 PM PDT by Buddygirl
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To: dynachrome
So I guess that the "Certain Death" advisory has also been cancelled!
4 posted on 09/13/2008 5:51:06 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: dynachrome

...The Weakstream Media is Greatly Disappointed...


5 posted on 09/13/2008 5:52:58 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: dynachrome

maybe they are “saddened”, also.

sheesh.


6 posted on 09/13/2008 5:53:30 PM PDT by dynachrome (Henry Bowman is right)
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just don’t

whine nor blame bush

like the new o’leans people!


7 posted on 09/13/2008 5:53:36 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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Weakstream Media

sounds like a bit of prostate problem to me!

:)


8 posted on 09/13/2008 5:54:18 PM PDT by dynachrome (Henry Bowman is right)
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Any word on the oil refineries? Damages?
9 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.)
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Well, the obamarama/plugs team is daddened by this news.

And deeply saddened, too, lol.

10 posted on 09/13/2008 5:54:43 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: dynachrome

The bladder ejects it’s contents into their brains..


11 posted on 09/13/2008 5:56:05 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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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.


12 posted on 09/13/2008 5:56:45 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: RegulatorCountry

Real men donut use spelchek!


13 posted on 09/13/2008 5:57:17 PM PDT by dynachrome (Henry Bowman is right)
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To: xcamel

Like a sewer backing up.


14 posted on 09/13/2008 5:58:28 PM PDT by dynachrome (Henry Bowman is right)
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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.
15 posted on 09/13/2008 5:58:52 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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16 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.)
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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.
17 posted on 09/13/2008 5:59:54 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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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.


18 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.)
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To: dynachrome

We’ll see.


19 posted on 09/13/2008 6:04:39 PM PDT by newzjunkey (McCain-Palin! YES CA Prop 4. (Family notification for underage abortions))
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To: dynachrome

Ike is history, Time for Drudge to put Charles Gibson’s sneering, misogynistic face on his front page.


20 posted on 09/13/2008 6:11:48 PM PDT by montag813 (www.BoycottUsWeekly.com | Fight the Smears)
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