Pretty much the case throughout Bubbaland. The refineries around
Galveston Bay and elsewhere will be impacted, and that will be felt over a very
wide area. We get most of our gasoline and other petroleum products by way of
a Kinder Morgan pipeline from El Paso, and a lesser amount from California.
That 12-inch Kinder Morgan pipeline ruptured about 12 years ago just north of
Tucson, and gas prices here doubled overnight. If you could find any gas.
>
>The piece of this disaster that may at this point be missing for the
>casual observer is the demographics of Corpus Christi. The median
>household income is approximately $50,000. The median home sale is
>about $90,000. There are many folks with limited resources and
>options facing a huge potential disaster. I think most would agree a
>similar situation existed with Katrina. My hope and prayers are that
>somehow the people along the gulf coast are able to dodge the bullet
>with this one and it isn't as bad as the projections. We have a couple
>who evacuated from Rockport arriving in a few minutes. We offered
>lodging to two other couples who plan to "ride it out" which is not an
>uncommon position many take. Our prayers are with all who find
>themselves in the path of this storm. Bill "High and Dry at 1100 ft
>above sea level" Barber
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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