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JOF - 28 Aug 2005 21:41 GMT

Scary news on the storm. Hope all of you in it's path get outa Dodge
or at least stay safe.

Let us know as soon as possible that you're okay.

Good luck.

JF
"What embitters the world is not excess of criticism,
but an absence of self-criticism." - G.K.Chesterton

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Grumman-581 - 28 Aug 2005 22:35 GMT

> Scary news on the storm. Hope all of you in it's path get outa Dodge
> or at least stay safe.
>
> Let us know as soon as possible that you're okay.
>
> Good luck.

I'm back in Texas these days... Relatively safe -- at least from this one...
GWB is in an area pretty damn close to underneath or a couple of miles to
the east of the projected path of Katrina and he doesn't even have any
levees protecting his neighborhood... This one could prove 'interesting'...

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JOF - 29 Aug 2005 01:14 GMT

>> Scary news on the storm. Hope all of you in it's path get outa Dodge
>> or at least stay safe.
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>the east of the projected path of Katrina and he doesn't even have any
>levees protecting his neighborhood... This one could prove 'interesting'...

Good. I thought you had said you were going back there. Then you'll be
one more set of fingers and toes to keep crossed for the folks who are
in the line of fire. This sounds like a monster. Apparently the
closest thing to it is the one that hit Homestead a few years ago,
Andrew I think.

JF
"What embitters the world is not excess of criticism,
but an absence of self-criticism." - G.K.Chesterton

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Scott - 29 Aug 2005 01:48 GMT

> Good. I thought you had said you were going back there. Then you'll be
> one more set of fingers and toes to keep crossed for the folks who are
> in the line of fire. This sounds like a monster. Apparently the
> closest thing to it is the one that hit Homestead a few years ago,
> Andrew I think.

It is big and about as bad assed as Mom Nature can be.

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GIFS/GULFVS.JPG

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/gmex-vis-loop.html

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT12/refresh/AL1205W5+GIF/1A.gif

They evacuated all offshore platforms, and are recording 65 foot waves out
to sea.

25% of US domestic oil production comes from there, so we can look forward
to not only The Big Easy getting flushed, but gas prices going straight
through the roof.

http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005082820190001939422&dt=
20050828201900&w=APO&coview=

Seeing as how a large portion on NO is below sea level, I wouldn't call that
hubris so much as brazen stupidity.

As Tater Salad says; "It's not _that_ the wind is blowin', it's _what_ the
wind is blowin'."

Gonna be a bad scene.

I wonder how the lefties will find a way to blame Bush and the NRA for this
one...

<ducking and running>

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Dennis (Icarus) - 29 Aug 2005 01:48 GMT

> > Good. I thought you had said you were going back there. Then you'll be
> > one more set of fingers and toes to keep crossed for the folks who are
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> to not only The Big Easy getting flushed, but gas prices going straight
> through the roof.

http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005082820190001939422&dt=

> 20050828201900&w=APO&coview=
>
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> I wonder how the lefties will find a way to blame Bush and the NRA for this
> one...

And Haliburton, don't forget Haliburton.

> <ducking and running>

Dennis

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Scott - 29 Aug 2005 01:52 GMT

> And Haliburton, don't forget Haliburton.

<big, wet, slap to the forehead>

And Karl Rove too.

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JOF - 29 Aug 2005 02:03 GMT

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:51:19 -0500, "Dennis $Icarus$"
<nojunkmail@ever.invalid> wrote:

>And Haliburton, don't forget Haliburton.

Does Haliburton have rigs in the Gulf?

JF

"What embitters the world is not excess of criticism,
but an absence of self-criticism." - G.K.Chesterton

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chilly - 29 Aug 2005 02:22 GMT

> On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:51:19 -0500, "Dennis $Icarus$"
> <nojunkmail@ever.invalid> wrote:
>
> >And Haliburton, don't forget Haliburton.
>
> Does Haliburton have rigs in the Gulf?

Perhaps it will be blamed on the bar association.

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Scott - 29 Aug 2005 02:26 GMT

> On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:51:19 -0500, "Dennis $Icarus$"
> <nojunkmail@ever.invalid> wrote:

> >And Haliburton, don't forget Haliburton.

> Does Haliburton have rigs in the Gulf?

There is hardly a place on earth producing oil that Halliburton isnt
involved with;

http://www.halliburton.com/ofc_loc/index.jsp

http://www.halliburton.com/ofc_loc/location_search.jsp?USA=1&rgn=USA&cnt=LA

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dazed and confuzzed - 29 Aug 2005 02:40 GMT

>>Good. I thought you had said you were going back there. Then you'll be
>>one more set of fingers and toes to keep crossed for the folks who are
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>
> <ducking and running>

http://www.swingstateproject.com/

2 articles.

It's all always Bush's fault

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Scott - 29 Aug 2005 02:49 GMT

> http://www.swingstateproject.com/
>
> 2 articles.
>
> It's all always Bush's fault

Un-f.cking-real.

And they wonder why no one but other moonbats takes them seriously, and why
moderate democrats and conservative democrats are running, screaming, into
the night.

http://www.sweetness-light.com/

Scott

Cindy Sheehan is Michael Moores Monica.

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Alan Street - 29 Aug 2005 04:08 GMT

> > I wonder how the lefties will find a way to blame Bush and the NRA for this
> > one...
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>
> It's all always Bush's fault

Damn, you're good. Want to come to work for our side ;-)

Alan

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Dillon Pyron - 29 Aug 2005 17:12 GMT

>> Good. I thought you had said you were going back there. Then you'll be
>> one more set of fingers and toes to keep crossed for the folks who are
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>to not only The Big Easy getting flushed, but gas prices going straight
>through the roof.

Oil hit $70 before closing a little lower in Asia. I'm not even going
to watch the market today. Nor am I going to watch any of my stocks.
I should have gone cash on Friday so I could buy today.

>http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005082820190001939422&dt=
>20050828201900&w=APO&coview=
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><ducking and running>
>

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Grumman-581 - 29 Aug 2005 03:36 GMT

> Good. I thought you had said you were going back there.

Nawh, I sold the house I had over there while I was working on the DoD
contract... Bought another one back in the Houston area a couple of months
ago... Hell, it's less than 5 miles away from my previous house... Sure was
a round about way of only moving 5 miles away... Houston -> New Orleans ->
Houston with a side trip to Cedar Rapids, IA for yet another contract...
Damn, I'm tired of moving around... If the next contract isn't in the
Houston area, I'm definitely going to pack more lightly this next time (i.e
leave the sofa and platform bed)...

> This sounds like a monster. Apparently the
> closest thing to it is the one that hit Homestead
> a few years ago, Andrew I think.

I remember what Biloxi looked like after Camille... It was a Cat5 also...
The NHC says that Katrina is as strong as Camille, but *larger*... Looks
like it's going to be striking New Orleans during the daytime... Sure would
be interesting to have some well protected webcams filming what happens
around the city so that they could better prepare for the next one... The
thing is, they've known about the lack of preparation for a major storm for
a long time... They think they're ready for a fast moving Cat3 storm, but a
slow moving one could likely exceed the pumping capacity of the city... With
a Cat5 one, they're in deep sh.t... One good thing about it though -- the
Quarter might finally be flushed clean... <sick-grin>

One of our previous co-workers from over there was going to be coming over
here for the evacuation... She couldn't make it bast Baton Rouge, they
routed traffic from I-10 eastbound to I-12 westbound and she evacuated to
Missouri instead...

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