Rita Causes Record Damage To Oil Rigs (New Estimates...Damage Not Bad Huh?)

Financial Times ^ | 9-27-05 | Carola Hoyos

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

No link, caught it on ABC while surfing the tube channels. Lie was CNN saying there were thousands of missing children. This all the while FEMA and others were stating there were less than ten accounted for.

It appears the children were with different parents or family members, but they were just not all together in one place. With all the MSM in collective hysteria, CNN hyped it up and ran with erroneous stories. (surprise, surprise)

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"This all the while FEMA and others were stating there were less than ten accounted for."

Pesky fingers, should read "unaccounted for."

[HostileTerritory]

Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi have provided oil for the country for 60 years

And have been handsomely compensated for it, particularly this year.

[thackney]

Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi have provided oil for the country for 60 years

And have been handsomely compensated for it, particularly this year.

IIRC, those states do not receive royalty payments.

[geopyg]

I talked with someone today that was trying to get in on doing submersable imaging of some of the pipelines in the Gulf. Before things can start pumping again the pipeline has to be inspected for damage (perhaps from the dragged anchor lines, etc.?) I imagine there are thousands of miles of pipelines running to the various platforms (is that how most of it works?).

[Chong]

"The media again played down and rushed the story that the oil rigs were not badly damaged...yadda...yadda...move along etc...this article tells another story."

So then, are you saying that your inside report of thousands of dead bodies on trees and in the streets in MS still holds true and the rest of the media are hiding their bodies, much like this oil rig thing? (Why WOULD they, when it's all Bush's fault anyway?)

Do you have any idea what impact your "report" had on people, thinking that the death toll could be in the TENS of thousands according to you? Do you have any idea how many people's heart sank and how many were literally shaking in their seats upon reading your report about the horror of this magnitute

Of course you knew.....

[HostileTerritory]

I did read that they get some share of the oil royalties; I believe 10%. More in line with what I was thinking were the great benefits that have accrued to Houston, and to a lesser extent, New Orleans, as centers of petroleum-related industries.