[Sca-cooks] OT - Katrina aftermath

[ysabeau]

My understanding is that the pipelines themselves were not 
significantly damaged. The issue is that the electricity needed to 
pump the fuel through the pipeline doesn't exist. They are in the 
process of bringing generators to get the pipelines functioning 
again...however the generators are fueled by...you guessed 
it...gasoline. The issue with the pipelines isn't necessarily to 
bring down the prices, it is to make sure there is 
gasoline...period. If they don't get flowing, instead of just 
being expensive there won't be any for any price. 

Does anyone else remember the rationing back in the 70's? I 
vaguely remember it because I was a kid. My mom would time her 
shopping trips into town so they would be on the days we could buy 
gas (license plates with even numbers one day, odd the next). I 
remember sitting in a long line waiting to get gas...mostly I 
remember doing the "how much longer" whine and finally getting 
smacked by my frustrated mother. We aren't to that point here in 
Austin, yet. As I was driving in, prices ranged from $2.79 a 
gallon to a low of $2.59. I filled up my tank on Monday @ $2.47 
and still have over 3/4 of a tank but I was tempted to stop and 
top it off. The place with $2.59 was really busy.


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Nick Sasso" <grizly at mindspring.com>
Reply-To: grizly at mindspring.com,
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:57:10 -0700

>Funny that.  I saw the news anchors and heard the regional AAA guy
>discussing quite candidly that the flooding knocked out fuel 
pumps for the
>'Continental' and the other pipeline that feed gas from MS up to 
Atlanta and
>up the east coast to NY or some nearby area.  Even C-SPAN had a 
head of some
>fuel agency discussing that they are working to get the water out 
of the
>pipelines, then pressurize then get the fuel moving.
>
>It is an elaborate ruse and conspiracy indeed if the pipeline 
pumps are
>truly functioning as expected.  Even Governor Purdue is in on it 
by
>declaring a state of emergency, lifting clean fuel requirements 
and meeting
>with GA fuel suppliers . . . at least as reported on the news.
>
>http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/0805/31bizgasprices.html?
imw=Y
>
>I have not checked any news sources for neighboring states.
>
>niccolo difrancesco
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Kemker [mailto:john at kemker.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 8:38 PM
>To: grizly at mindspring.com; Cooks within the SCA
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] OT - Katrina aftermath
>
>
>The pipeline story was a rumor.  Prices are are expected to 
settle down
>as the rumor loses steam.
>
>My advice is to avoid in the future any gas retailer that engaged 
in
>such flagrant profiteering.
>
>--Lord Cian O'Madadhain
>
>Nick Sasso wrote:
>. . . . SNIP . . . .
>>Maybe they'll get some military units in with huge generators to 
get those
>>pipeline pumps in MS going.  I am sure they have enough fuel to 
run them!
>>Without fuel, it will be difficult and way more expensive to 
transport
>those
>>emergency relief supplies from the southern and eastern 
seaboards.
>>
>>niccolo difrancesco
>
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