Discombobulated Katrina Thoughts - 08/31/05

• I’m told that the gas station that was selling gas for $2.71 this morning here in Maine now has a sign for $3.20. Strange that it happened the day that Bush released the oil reserves due to the Gulf Coast catastrophe.
• Last night I was correcting news reporters on their mispronunciation of Nawlins business names and locations. I guess they spent so long trying to get Spanish right that they didn’t work enough on French.
• It was heart-warming to hear that people in Arizona and Florida are offering their extra bedrooms to Katrina refugees.
• My mother assured me this morning that Red Cross will be setting up shelters, probably in North Louisiana for Katrina refugees until they can return to the city and then shelters will be set up in the city until their homes are rebuilt.
• Currently my mother is not among the volunteers going to the disaster recovery. My father is being an ass about it as he doesn’t want to go and interrupt his retirement and she won’t go for months on in without him. I was so proud of them when they went to work with the Kosovo refugees and now my dad is just being a weanie. I hope when I’m retired, I’m more like my mom than my dad.
• Meg’s father and step-mother apparently stayed in the city. We were finally able to locate them last night. I think my warnings for them to get help and evac the city fell on deaf ears.
• N2’s brother was also finally located in the bar he works at with his friends. Again, my warnings fell on deaf ears.
• I’m very upset about the looting. I could understand looting of food and necessities but people are outright stealing from stores and breaking into houses. I hate it when a tragedy brings out the lowest common denominator in humanity.
• I may need a valium just to deal with all of this and I’m not in the middle.

tags: discombobulated, Hurricane Katrina, scam, relief

3 comments

1. on August 31, 2005 at 4:20 pm

   Jeff (no, the other one) said:

   Surviving is taking necessities — food, bottled water, meds. Looting is taking DVD players, etc.

   $3.20/gallon will look like a bargain by Christmas. I’m guessing we’re looking at $3.50-$3.75 for the foreseeable future.

2. on August 31, 2005 at 4:35 pm

   Big Dog said:

   Releasing the strategic reserve will do little to curb prices and that large jump at that station is price gouging. It will just replace what is lost from the Gulf.
   There are methods to bring prices down. We could start drilling in the places in America where we know there is oil. We could drill in ANWR, where it is desolate and barren. The President could sign an executive order to take away all the taxes on gas on a temporary basis. That could reduce the amount per gallon. The government could subsidize our gasoline and pay for some of it for us, we could go into (insert OPEC country name here) and TAKE what we want, or we could suck it up and pay for the gas and try to conserve more.

   Remember:
   1 gal of gas $3.00
   1 gal Jack Daniels 30.00
   1 gal of milk 2.50
   1 gal of good perfume 500-1000

   The gas will give more productivity

3. on August 31, 2005 at 5:29 pm

   n. mallory said:

   Since I don’t drink alcohol, prefer yogurt to milk, and don’t where perfume, gas is my only issue.

   BTW, NPR was predicting gas prices would be $3.75 by the end of Sept.

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