for the first time in the two years she’s had the job. There are definitely some questions as to whether the NOLA infrastructure (not just buildings and levees, but emergency services) are prepared for another large hurricane yet.

Production has still not fully recovered from Katrina, and perhaps it never will. (With older wells, it may not be worth rebuilding the infrastructure to get the small amount of oil left. Kinda like you might not bother repairing an old beater if it gets into an accident. While it’s working, fine, use it, but you’re not going to spend a lot of money to fix it.)

They’ve upgraded the oil platforms, but if the hurricane is bad enough, it won’t help. Mother Nature bats last, as the saying goes.

Gas prices have already spiked on the Gulf Coast, and there are scattered shortages. Everyone’s gassing up their cars for evacuation. The refineries may stop exporting gasoline in order to supply local demand. They will probably have to shut down as the hurricane nears.

Worst case scenario is if Gustav holds its power inland more than Katrina did, and takes out the aging electrical infrastructure down there. No power, no way to pump the gas through the pipelines to the midwest, southeast, and northeast. (California is not connected to the rest of the system, so they should be relatively unaffected.)

you’re finding Sarah Palin less attractive now that everyone knows about her. This is Feist’s music all over again. It’s time to move on and become early-adopters of the next trend in hotties.

I give you Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player currently ranked ~#50.

Pro-Life
Anti-Gay
Member of NRA
Pro Capital Punishment
Wants Creationism taught in schools

hmm…..

Cheney

He’s barely a year younger than Votto. So, he’s gotten less pub for his rise over three levels partly because he should have been in Double-A to start the season.

Was 3 years younger and his OPS was 200 points higher.

let him have a month off to re-energize.

toilet soup