The part that gets me on this is that on the news they kept showing the
destruction but nobody seemed to key that in one of their scenes they were
showing a major refinery with a large pumping station and pipe heads on the
other end of the facility.  I suspect that the refinery was also a
distribution head for the pipeline system.  It was under at least 6 foot of
water.  A guy that works at the local refinery said that most of the really
critical stuff for the refinery operation and the pump heads is usually
several feet above ground but that varies. it would be months after the
water was cleared before such a facility could probably even turn on the
first switches or open any valves up for operation.

I have seen estimates from 12 to 17 percent of our petroleum resources are
effected by the storm.

The part I really sympathize with is the vast destruction of new orleans.
That city probably will never be brought completely back to the surface
again.  Gas shortages I can and will survive. Done it here in the US
(embargo days) and overseas (okinawa) as well.

When in the air force at biloxi I saw the results of the storm that had hit
two years before.  Beaches were still closed.  Major buildings still being
rebuilt. Remains of hotels still being bulldozed away.  Much of keesler afb
had already been rebuilt and most of the buildings on the base were very
hurricane resistant in the first place.

jimt

On 9/1/05 1:19 PM, "roger sisler" <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> If the pipe lines dont get fixed  by next week, it will probably be 1973  all
> over again. Wont be able to get gas at any price .Having an extra stash now at
> $3.00/gallon is an  investment. I just filled the tank of my parts
> vanagon..Good luck!
>