Storm Rita
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Ocean Breeze said:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4269994.stm
gridlock as people evacuate.....
( would be hellish to have car trouble or run out of gas in this situation..)
Guess what? My friends on the Gulf Coast are stuck - they can't get out. Four different families in different cities. They can't get gas, and the gridlock is causing such delays that some people have turned around to go back home and hunker down. Many of the delays are caused by cars that ran out of gas because they had been in traffic for 13 - 16 hours.
Been There
2 dollars a litre in Canada? holy cow manda where do you live?
damn i thought 1.01 was high, although i expect to see 1.10 - 1.15 in the next few days.
damn i thought 1.01 was high, although i expect to see 1.10 - 1.15 in the next few days.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/22/business/oil.php
Rita could be worse than Katrina.
( ever wonder why most hurricanes are named using FEMALE names??? :wink: Is there a message there??? :wink:
(on the lighter side of these disaster making storms)
Rita could be worse than Katrina.
( ever wonder why most hurricanes are named using FEMALE names??? :wink: Is there a message there??? :wink:
(on the lighter side of these disaster making storms)
Re: RE: Storm Rita
Just outside (West)of Toronto last night, gas was at $2.39 (Mississauga). Most stations in the Kingston area are now around the $1.04 area, Belleville is down to $0.94
Hank C Cheyenne said:
Just outside (West)of Toronto last night, gas was at $2.39 (Mississauga). Most stations in the Kingston area are now around the $1.04 area, Belleville is down to $0.94
Re: RE: Storm Rita
I live in Prince edward Island...it hasn't gone up again yet, on the 2nd of the month it went up to 1.34 a litre, then dropped to 123.1, and is now at 113.1, but is going up again uurrgh.
BTW Ocean, the female storms are always worse because they factor in PMS when naming them I think
Hank C Cheyenne said:
I live in Prince edward Island...it hasn't gone up again yet, on the 2nd of the month it went up to 1.34 a litre, then dropped to 123.1, and is now at 113.1, but is going up again uurrgh.
BTW Ocean, the female storms are always worse because they factor in PMS when naming them I think
Major Developments on Rita and Katrina
Friday September 23, 2005 6:01 PM
Associated Press
Major developments in the progress of Hurricane Rita and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
- Rita churned toward the Texas and Louisiana coasts early Friday, packing maximum sustained winds of 135 mph. Rita was expected to make landfall Saturday morning, with forecasters warning of a possible 15- to 20-foot storm surge.
- Steady rain in New Orleans breached a patched levee in the low-lying Ninth Ward. Water was waist-deep and rising in some areas.
- A bus carrying elderly evacuees near Dallas caught fire, killing as many as 24 people. The bus was rocked with explosions, possibly from passengers' oxygen tanks, deputies said.
- Forecasters said Houston and Galveston may avoid a direct hit as Rita veered slightly to the east. Rita now threatens the Beaumont and Port Arthur area about 75 miles east of Houston.
- Nearly 2 million residents were under orders to leave their homes in Texas and Louisiana. An unprecedented flight from the flood-prone Houston area left highways at a near standstill. National Guard trucks provided motorists with gasoline.
- President Bush planned to fly to Texas on Friday to review preparations.
- Louisiana's death toll from Katrina rose to 841 Friday, pushing U.S. total to 1,078.
- House Republicans began an inquiry into the federal response to Katrina; Democrats, who wanted an independent investigation, largely stayed away.
- The Navy moved five ships into the Gulf of Mexico off Florida's coast to follow the storm in and send any supplies needed after Rita.
- Crude-oil prices dropped as traders gauged news that Rita had weakened, suggesting that damage to refinery capacity could be less severe than originally feared.
Friday September 23, 2005 6:01 PM
Associated Press
Major developments in the progress of Hurricane Rita and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
- Rita churned toward the Texas and Louisiana coasts early Friday, packing maximum sustained winds of 135 mph. Rita was expected to make landfall Saturday morning, with forecasters warning of a possible 15- to 20-foot storm surge.
- Steady rain in New Orleans breached a patched levee in the low-lying Ninth Ward. Water was waist-deep and rising in some areas.
- A bus carrying elderly evacuees near Dallas caught fire, killing as many as 24 people. The bus was rocked with explosions, possibly from passengers' oxygen tanks, deputies said.
- Forecasters said Houston and Galveston may avoid a direct hit as Rita veered slightly to the east. Rita now threatens the Beaumont and Port Arthur area about 75 miles east of Houston.
- Nearly 2 million residents were under orders to leave their homes in Texas and Louisiana. An unprecedented flight from the flood-prone Houston area left highways at a near standstill. National Guard trucks provided motorists with gasoline.
- President Bush planned to fly to Texas on Friday to review preparations.
- Louisiana's death toll from Katrina rose to 841 Friday, pushing U.S. total to 1,078.
- House Republicans began an inquiry into the federal response to Katrina; Democrats, who wanted an independent investigation, largely stayed away.
- The Navy moved five ships into the Gulf of Mexico off Florida's coast to follow the storm in and send any supplies needed after Rita.
- Crude-oil prices dropped as traders gauged news that Rita had weakened, suggesting that damage to refinery capacity could be less severe than originally feared.
Re: RE: Storm Rita
"anything that can go wrong......will go wrong"???
(old man murphy????? :x
no1important said:
"anything that can go wrong......will go wrong"???
(old man murphy????? :x
Re: RE: Storm Rita
:lol: you forgot the last line to that M-Law.
Anything that can go wrong
Will go wrong
At the worst possible moment[/quote]
anything that can go wrong......will go wrong"???
(old man murphy????? :x
:lol: you forgot the last line to that M-Law.
Anything that can go wrong
Will go wrong
At the worst possible moment[/quote]
Re: RE: Storm Rita
thanks Jo. Was doing "condensed"......( readers digest ) version :wink: The added line does add that panache..... :wink:
[/quote]Jo Canadian said:anything that can go wrong......will go wrong"???
(old man murphy????? :x
:lol: you forgot the last line to that M-Law.
Anything that can go wrong
Will go wrong
At the worst possible moment
thanks Jo. Was doing "condensed"......( readers digest ) version :wink: The added line does add that panache..... :wink:
Documents Show FEMA Knew Response Was Broken
A teaser:
FEMA realized its response to Hurricane Katrina was "broken" and braced for rioting over woefully low supplies in Mississippi in the days just after the storm, according to new documents released Monday.
The correspondence among Federal Emergency Management Agency officials, provided by a special House committee investigating the government response to the storm, follows the release last week of more than 100,000 documents by Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco. Taken together, the details from both states provide evidence that FEMA was unable to provide fast help at disaster sites — even when the needs were obvious. [/teaser]
Well the truth is out. Terrible a country like America with all its resources could not of done a better job. FEMA sounds pretty dysfunctional. What a disgrace. They let people suffer due to their incompetence. I would say an "investigation" or a public Enquiry" is oin order, to get to the bottom of this and to make sure it does not happen again. But with the 9/11 report out yesterday giving out 5 f's, I am not going to hold my breathe.
A teaser:
FEMA realized its response to Hurricane Katrina was "broken" and braced for rioting over woefully low supplies in Mississippi in the days just after the storm, according to new documents released Monday.
The correspondence among Federal Emergency Management Agency officials, provided by a special House committee investigating the government response to the storm, follows the release last week of more than 100,000 documents by Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco. Taken together, the details from both states provide evidence that FEMA was unable to provide fast help at disaster sites — even when the needs were obvious. [/teaser]
Well the truth is out. Terrible a country like America with all its resources could not of done a better job. FEMA sounds pretty dysfunctional. What a disgrace. They let people suffer due to their incompetence. I would say an "investigation" or a public Enquiry" is oin order, to get to the bottom of this and to make sure it does not happen again. But with the 9/11 report out yesterday giving out 5 f's, I am not going to hold my breathe.