Re: Katrina: the end of the world as we know it?

"Brent Ware" <bware.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> "Lord Slime" writes:
> > (Ya gotta wonder about those people down there
> > since hurricanes are a fact of life and they had 3 or 4 days of
> > warning. Californians stockpile food and water in case of
> > earthquake, but Gulf residents just cheep like baby birds?)
>
> I bet there are a lot of Californians who don't have a stockpile of
> food and water, not just the poor ones. And even if you did, what
> happens when that stockpile is under 10 feet of water?

Doh! You put it up HIGH, like in your attic. Or are you
saying that these people are even more stupid than I
thought?

The book "The Control of Nature" by John McPhee, written
in 1989, predicts the eventual failure of the levees due to
a big storm. It should be required reading for all area
schoolchildren and anyone considering moving to N.O.
(And there's a chapter on the San Gabriels and debris
flows for those in L.A.)

And concerning Californians... if they had a 5-day warning
of an earthquake....

> > So W opens up the federal oil reserves in order to pump
> > up his sagging approval ratings and keep gas prices low.
>
> Lot of good that will do if there aren't already enough refineries to
> process it. That's where the bottleneck is.

Who said anything about refineries? W is doing it to
boost his approval ratings, regardless of value or vulnerabilities.

> > Behold! The end of the world isn't that far away.
> > Quit your jobs. Go climbing while there's still time.
>
> Now that I agree with.

Yup. Just got back. Got my ass whooped (again) at Rifle.

- Lord Slime


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