Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman says we're in for six months of high gas prices as production levels reduced by both Hurricane Rita and Katrina return to normal:
"We're going to go through a very challenging time the next six months, is my guess," Bodman said. "Most of us have viewed energy availability as a kind of […]
The Boston Globe article "Texas, La. officials give FEMA mixed reviews" is longer than the K-R article discussed in "Mayors, lawyer whine about FEMA response to Rita", but it has some of the same mayors reiterating their whining about FEMA, as well as that agency once again offering its side of the story. And, as […]
The Knight Ridder article "FEMA red tape persists after Rita, Texans say" doesn't make me very sympathetic to the Texans quoted. Perhaps that's me, or maybe it's one kind of media bias or another, or maybe not:
Sulphur, La., lawyer Jim Hopkins said he was told that the wait for a temporary roof from FEMA was […]
The Houston Chronicle goes a bit overboard with the title to "Lessons come at high cost: 107 lives". It's about the evac of Houston before Hurricane Rita:
…But there was no plan for contraflow lanes, the mayor said. So, the city asked Gov. Rick Perry's staff in the middle of the night to get contraflow lanes […]
The following is apparently being sent around via email, and was probably introduced into the system by either VRWC member #37 or #82; I haven't verified that yet. For future reference, it's included below. Reactions from the right, from the left.
2 States, 22 Observations Things I have noticed while watching media coverage of the recent […]
Good news for you spiceheads, as the McIlhenny Co. - purveyors of Tabasco sauce - reports that their plant was safe from Hurricane Rita's floods.
The plant is located on Avery "Island":
Salt domes are the tips of underground mountains of salt. In south Louisiana, they're usually surrounded by land rather than water. But for a while, […]
Some are complaining about FEMA's response to Hurricane Rita. A Houston evacuee center - originally for Katrina victims - reopened today, but was shortly shut down when some of the hundreds in line began fainting from the heat (about 90 degrees).
[FEMA spokesman Justin] Dombrowski said FEMA is asking refugees who do not need help right […]
FT reports in "Rita causes record damage to oil rigs" that:
Hurricane Rita has caused more damage to oil rigs than any other storm in history and will force companies to delay drilling for oil in the US and as far away as the Middle East, initial damage assessments show…
Ken Sill of Credit Suisse First […]
From "Storms Cast Spotlight on Energy's New Reality":
…Still, on the Texas coast, the focus through the weekend was on how long it would take to restart the 16 refineries that were shut down by the storm.
Those refineries can process 4 million barrels of oil a day, or 23 percent of the country's total capacity, according […]
In the interests of fairness, I'm going to assume she was trying to be as ominous as possible in an attempt to do good and wasn't just being an idiot. Refering to those who are staying behind to ride out Hurricane Rita, she said:
"Perhaps they should write their Social Security numbers on their arms with […]
