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Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html
This is very, very bad...
I don't know what happened with Laz, who delights me by occasionally propositioning me and I have to remind him I am old enough to be his Mother. Anyway some person sent me hateful emails yesterday telling me I was a pervert for supporting Laz. It had nothing to do with the farm animals.
So, you don't have the equivalent of the TBS "That's funny" call center? "That's ZOT"?
Yes, it will all have to be leveled and backfilled about 18 feet to rebuild.
this is what people had feared for New Orleans all along...
prayers for those still there and that they all get out safely.
>>The trouble started because the llama won't go anywhere without his goat companion and the brother in law wouldn't allow the goat in. And that is when my sister was going to kill my brother in law.
Do you realize you just fed some jihadis some jawdropping stories about infidels to tell around the campfire?
I am looking for someone who knows the New Orleans area fairly well...my brother lives in the 2000 block of Dumaine St., about 10 blocks from the Quarter. We haven't heard from him since yesterday. Can anyone tell me where I could find information on how bad off his particular area is?
Thanks from a worried big sister :)
This is dreadful. Does anyone have an any idea if water on both sides of the river at the levys could compromise them? That's the only thing that could be worse at this point.
DG, I've not read your posts as I've been on the road most of the day.
Question: Have you heard any reports from the offshore sector regarding damage, etc. I guess to some extent even if they escaped major damage as long as onshore damage is extreme then they may not be of much use at this time... Just curious
To be honest, they might be better off closing down New Orleans. Louisiana loses land the size of Manhattan Island every year to erosion. I'm sure that Katrina accelerated that. But even without Katrina, the odds are that the Gulf will slowly reclaim most of the tip of the "boot" of LA over the next few decades. Which means that even rebuilt, New Orleans will eventually end up as an island in the Gulf.
Let's tell a pig story to freak them out
You gotta have something to tow with.
It will come. What's local is drowned or needed and being used.
When you gotta bring stuff in from elsewhere, it takes time to transport.
When your skycrane is under contract to do some other job, you have to get freed.
When your smaller helicopters are busy fighting fires in Washington state, you have to figure out where your resources can be best used.
When your waterway is screwy, is it safe to launch larger boats down flooded streets?
Army Corps is working as fast as it can, I bet. But even they have to get the equipment together to do it.
That is good news indeed.
I truly feel for all you down that way - it is going to be a long time before everything gets back to "normal"
My prayers continue.
LOL
it just means I went through it really fast and typed in the HTML parts....
Did he stay in NO?
Apparently the seal or sea lion beached in the parking lot in Gulfport from Marine Life did not make it.
Has anyone heard anything from the New Orleans Aquarium?
Those people are going to eliminate themselves.
One of my company's platforms in shallower water is at a 15 degree list. It recorded sustained winds of 178 mph with gusts to 220. But more than likely it was a monster wave that got it. The good news is that it wasn't producing more than 400 barrels a day before the storm, so that output won't be missed.
No signs of pollution or oil spills. The industry is still checking, but once again it looks like they proved themselves capable of safe operations in the worst adversity.
There are pipeline issues. We don't know yet whether repairs are needed subsea. That's just going to take a few days to check out. Miles and miles to inspect and we're just not going to turn the valve and see if oil bubbles to the surface.
The pipelines coming ashore Grand Isle took a beating. We need to make sure they're structually intact.
There are going to be some short term disruptions and undoubtedly some price spikes during the next couple of weeks. Less crude is getting ashore, and less gasoline is being refined.
If we get the refineries all restarted, crude won't be a real problem because the Administration will release SPR crude to make up for the shortfall, although not all refineries are tooled to refine the sour crude. It's not a perfect solution, but it will help.
The LOOPS offshore loading terminal for imported crude seems to be fine, as well. That was a big concern.
All in all, the oil industry came through this better than might have been expected and while we will have some short term disruption, it should get back to normal within a few weeks at worst. And it'll start getting better within a few days.
People are clearly buying a lot of gas. While I was topping off my tank, a guy was filling 5-gallon cans and filling the bed of his pickup.
I don't blame him, gas jumped over 30 cents per gallon today to $3.00.
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