Do something, even if it's wrong

[jhetley]

Heard a rumor this morning that HRH Bush II is considering the release of crude oil from our national strategic reserve, striking a blow against shortages and high prices at the gas pump. I'm sure this will help greatly, given the reports (NPR, that suspect liberal media scapegoat) that our system bottleneck is in refinery capacity....

Heard other rumors that somewhere over half the Louisiana National Guard is not available for disaster duty 'cause they're slogging through the sand dunes of Mesopotamia....

Meanwhile, in more important matters, grayness prevails hereabouts. Rain yesterday, rain today, rain forecast for tomorrow. Tomorrow night, we get whatever remains of Katrina. No bike rides.

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Bottlenecks

[ziactrice.livejournal.com]

I believe the problem is in refinery capacity - living here in Houston, one gets to wondering just when the next explosion at the BP facility will be, not if there will be another to join the FOUR already this year.

If I only had five years of experience in a refinery, I could take one of the 5 million or so jobs for process engineers right now. A lot of them are even outright listing de-bottlenecking as a skill desired. Of course, then I'd face the problem of my work site possible blowing up and killing me because someone put the wrong kind of pipe into a pressurized line, too.

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

HRH Bush II
Who, looked at another way, is George III. (And the last time we had a George III as head of state, revolting things happened.)

Heard other rumors that somewhere over half the Louisiana National Guard is not available for disaster duty 'cause they're slogging through the sand dunes of Mesopotamia....
Not quite that bad, at least per the AP:

Pentagon spokesman Lawrence Di Rita said the states have adequate National Guard units to handle the hurricane needs, with at least 60 percent of the guard available in each state. He said about 6,500 National Guard troops were available in Louisiana, about 7,000 troops in Mississippi, nearly 10,000 in Alabama, and about 8,200 in Florida.

http://www.boston.com/news/weather/articles/2005/08/30/generators_water_ice_available/