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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Think miles and miles and miles of this:
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and this:
[IMG]http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMiLntZ9GY5kA_2KjzbkF/SIG=1256oiqap/EXP=1184958311/**http%3A//www.mapllc.com/about/images/Texas-City.jpg[/IMG]
The refineries getting knocked out in New Orleans sent the price of gasoline up by a dollar a gallon. I suspect there is far more refining capacity in and around Houston. They're not talking about protecting The City of Houston, they're worried about disruption of the nation's energy supply.
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Thank you, I appreciate this. I now have an image of Houston (well, this and the ground zero image from RT). That image doesn't include the coast - I am sure there is some sort of a bargeway, probably totally poluted and slick with oil (though it makes pretty rainbow reflections in the water, doesn't it?), that meanders through those oil fields.
I have always associated coasts with civilization and culture. The places on the coast have museums, symphonies, concert halls, and, of course, hills and valleys nearby where we go to concerts in the summer. I've never associated Houston and culture, and your images drive home the point. Houston's not like Dallas, which at least had its own TV show with some colorful characters. It's good to know there is no real coast.
But if we can make the terrorists think Houston is important, that's great. After all, it looks just about like Iraq there.
