ChrisT Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 The position of Hurricane Rita at 10:15 a.m. ET, according to the National Hurricane Center. (NOAA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 yes I thought so too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 satellites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Interesting that it looks just like a galaxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Or a toilet bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Cuba sure must get pasted by many a hurricane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 How does the old saying go? No rest for the weary? I feel sorry for those folks down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 That's "No rest for the wicked" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted September 21, 2005 Author Share Posted September 21, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglehead Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Getting bigger.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Interesting that it looks just like a galaxy. somewhat similar physics at work I imagine, just driven by local pressure instead of gravity though. Starting to evacuate Houston now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted September 21, 2005 Author Share Posted September 21, 2005 gas prices going up again edit: thought this was inneresting... Governors Ask for Inquiry on Oil Prices By THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: September 21, 2005 CHICAGO, Sept. 20 - The governors of eight states sent a letter on Tuesday to President Bush and Congress calling for an investigation into profits made by oil companies after Hurricane Katrina and asking for legislation that would require the companies to refund to customers any profits deemed excess. "When the wholesale price of gas went up by 60 cents almost overnight, oil companies were obviously using the most devastating natural disaster in our nation's history to reap a windfall at the expense of American consumers," said the letter, which was initiated by Gov. James E. Doyle of Wisconsin and was signed by governors from Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington. "To price-gouge consumers under normal circumstances is dishonest enough," the letter stated, "but to make money off the severe misfortune of others is downright immoral." The letter cited an analysis by Donald A. Nichols, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, who reported that gas prices surged disproportionately compared with crude oil price increases. The price markup from crude oil to gasoline has almost tripled since the hurricane, the report said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I think it's great that they are looking into this, but I wonder if folks who like to say that no one can legislate morality are going to pipe up here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted September 21, 2005 Author Share Posted September 21, 2005 I doubt that oilman Bush would do anything about it anyway... There's also lots of talk of repealing the gas tax, in Washington and several other states, but that doesn't bode well for the states' budgets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Katrina did shut down many refineries, which is why gas prices (and not oil prices) went up. There more than a little political opportunism in calling for price gouging investigations... though I'm sure that it's going on. I remember hearing about $6 gas in Atlanta. If we repeal the gas tax, then the hurricane (and the terrorists) have won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knotzen Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Some are calling it an act of God--but will Bush recognize it as a sign from above? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Why in god's name does anybody choose to live on the gulf coast? Even when you aren't getting hit with hurricanes it's gross and muggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglehead Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 That fucking thing is now a class 5!!! ...In retrospect I don't know if I needed 3 exclamation points, but a class 5!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Why in god's name does anybody choose to live on the gulf coast? Even when you aren't getting hit with hurricanes it's gross and muggy. Not that I'd want to live down there, but wait till a volcanoe blows or big earthquake and people will be asking why we live here in the rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 My great-grandmother who lived in Marion, Illinois could never understand how my family could stand to live in San Diego, weren't we terrifed about earthquakes? It was tragic when at the age of 96, after recovering from a broken hip the year earlier, her apartment was lifted up by a tornado and dropped three blocks away, killing both her and one of her daughters. Same tornado demolished my grandparents house around them as they hid in a closet. Doesn't matter where you live, there's always some catch, so you might as well live wherever makes you happiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehead Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 That's "No rest for the wicked" Ya, don't know if this is old news but PAT ROBERTSON BLAMES HURRICANE ON CHOICE OF ELLEN DEGENERES TO HOST EMMYS Hurricane Karina, that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Pat Robertson had sex with my younger brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Pat Robertson had sex with my younger brother. God punished New Orleans for this!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Yes, absolutely. Pat Robertson's sinful actions caused the devastation of New Orleans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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