Overnight a new tropical depression got its act together, pulled in tighter and became our next hurricane, Katia. The storm is still way out in the Atlantic, but it’s moving very fast and predicted to become a major hurricane by Sunday, as seen on the 5-day probability cone: Compare this to the 5-day cone from […]
From CBS: It may be the most disturbing site yet: the first heavy sludge now oozing into the marshes of Louisiana as the slick continues to grow in size out in the gulf. CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella reports it’s an ominous sight. The oil is thick and black and stretches about a quarter mile […]
Oil prices spike as Hurricane Gustav nears Gulf Every time a hurricane approaches the Gulf, we see oil prices spike. If we open up more off shore drilling, these spikes will send a tidal wave through our economy. With hurricanes become more frequent and stronger, can our economy handle oil prices that will be just […]
Last month was the warmest January on record. It isn’t shocking. Here in Ohio we had days in the 60’s and sickness was high (myself included). Now we just got through below 0 days. I know people will rush to say “well then everything averages out”, but one effect of global warming is the huge […]
Bush forgot about the Katrina victims in his State of the Union address. Hell – it seems like a lot of America forgot about them (and we are only 3 days from Fat Tuesday). The Democrats in the House have not forgot though. They are introducing legislation to get more help to the storm ravaged […]
John Mark Karr, Katrina, new hurricanes, Tom Cruise, and now Warren Jeffs. Wow with all that going on in the world, it is no wonder why little stories like this get buried: Police found more than two dozen bodies across the capital Tuesday and the government said 73 people had died in fighting in the […]
I first started this blog almost 14 months ago. I was not one of the political bloggers that came from a site like Daily Kos or MyDD, instead I just went out and did it. I have always had a deep passion for politics, and that was one of my motivations to jump into the […]
After Bush won the 2004 election he vowed to unite our divided country. Well in a way he has: Governors of both parties said Sunday that Bush administration policies were stripping the National Guard of equipment and personnel needed to respond to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, forest fires and other emergencies. Tens of thousands of National […]
I guess Bush had a feeling of guilt over the White House cards saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” so he decided to make it up today in his radio address: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. On this Christmas Eve, Laura and I send our best wishes to families across America as you gather in […]
Last months poll question “Who should lead an investigation into the response to Katrina”, ended with a record 118 votes. Of those votes 98% said an independent commission should investigate while the reaming 2% didn’t see a need for an investigation. Keeping with the disaster theme, this months poll will involve evacuations. With the questions […]