A caller to a talk show (Jones?) from the Texas National Guard stated a few weeks ago that they were being prepared to implement martial law in November-December. Don't know if the station is valid or not, but the fellow sounded genuine.
San Antonio Express: Texas may become known as importer of natural gas 8/18/04
Express-News quoted Poten & Partners research in this article about Texas becoming a big importer of LNG. "Industry publication Poten & Partners reported that Conversion Gas Imports is partnering with Washington state and other energy companies to try to unload and vaporize LNG directly into salt caverns, which have long been used to store oil and gas." says the article.
http://www.poten.com/?URL=show_articles.asp?id=385&table=tmentions