i agree, that was a very noble/neighborly gesture and they are welcome to stay! also, people here in town are opening up their spare bedrooms to strangers as well.

from the houston chronicle:

A sign directs officials and volunteers to the evacuee staging area at the Astrodome in Houston, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005. More than 20,000 people affected by Hurricane Katrina are expected to be transported from the New Orleans Superdome to the Astrodome for shelter. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

jumped from 2.48 two days ago to 3.20 today here. And premium ONLY is available anywhere in this town.

NATIONWIDE GOUGING IN PROGRESS
pISSES ME RIGHT ON OFF

one more:
Frank Kaljo, who said he can only afford one gallon of gas, fuels his car at a Marathon gas station Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, in Chicago where the top grade was selling for $3.89 per gallon. As the shutdown of supplies from the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico drove energy prices to hew highs, the White House signaled Wednesday it is willing to tap into the nation's oil reserves to help refiners whose supplies were disrupted by Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Houston Chronicle photo gallery. worth browsing through.....

You know what would be a real kick in the balls? Let us say, just for fun, that another storm suddenly forms in the Atlantic like Katrina did. Let's say that it starts heading for the US coast. Let's make it even more fun by imagining what would happen if the thing threatened a major city, like New Orleans, as a catagory four or five.

Now, know that during evacuations here in Tampa, gasoline completely dissapears. As in all grades of gas go away as people flood up the interstate and rush to fill generators. In 2004, even with good supplies, people found themselves stranded on the road while they were trying to get the hell out of town.

What do you think would happen, with the current pipeline problem, if the weather decides to take another swipe in the coming weeks?

The number of dead in Gulfport and New Orleans would suddenly be insignificant.

that and/or the storm hits Texas City just north of Galveston and stays on track to hit Pasadena as well. then with that, most of the entire south will not be producing gasoline. some of the majors here, just to name a few include: Marathon, BP, Valero etc.....

just saw a BP station in atlanta on the national news with $6.03+/- for premium :mg:

Oh those devilish details. What does that report forget to mention? What is the other half of the truth they forgot to mention? There is not shortage of crude. There is a shortage of working transport factilities and a shortage of working refineries. But that is alright. You don't know this. Therefore George Jr looks smart. And making George Jr look good is the important point. So we open the strategic oil reserve.

Of course the New Madrid earthquake fault line in Missouri on the Mississippi is overdue for slippage. Don't things happen in threes?

Damn, that must be some fine gas. capnhowdy, what's the word on the ground in GA?

$3.20 gal premium only..... 30% of stations OUT. Lines 1/2 mile long....

I'm with TW , open the reserves. But wouldn't that weaken our military superiority? I hope this shit doesn't turn out like I'm projecting. :worried:

But TW noted how opening the reserves does not solve the problem. It makes George Jr look good to the naive. But does not solve refinery and transport problems. Does not eliminate the bottleneck.

This is north Cinncy, up about $.20-30 overnight.

I don't often agree with TW, but he's spot on with SOR thing. Won't make a bit of difference, because there's no place to refine it, and no way to get it to market if it was refined.

I can't prove it, but I suspect Bush was responsible for the hurricane. :headshake