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To: Second_Titan who wrote (83565)	1/5/2001 1:17:18 PM
From: excardog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

My opinion of Yemen was negative but I have never liked the prospects there and it is a very small event to VPI so I doubt it would make much difference in the overall scheme of things. The volume pick up is interesting though. Previously when watching SFS and UPR prior to take over there were some nice volume spikes. VPI is cheap in here but as with the two prior takeovers premiums were pretty thin. Regards

To: Second_Titan who wrote (83565)	1/5/2001 7:50:51 PM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Respond to of 95453

excardog, Pullouts from storage are partly factors of the pressure on the transmission line inlets and compressor size both...Those two factors plus pipeline MAOP (Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure) determine how much gas can be pumped into the line....MAOP's should be public information retrievable from DOT's Website. Re weather: Weird that the hottest and coldest periods would happen in the same decade. I just wonder if it is the result of just better recordkeeping....From CNN... ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (CNN) -- Frigid temperatures in November and December 2000 have resulted in the coldest two-month period on record in U.S. history, scientists at the National Climatic Data Center said Friday. Last year's November was the second-coldest on record, with an average temperature of 28.9 degrees Fahrenheit. And it was the seventh coldest December last year since national records began in 1895. The average temperature of the two months was 33.8 degrees. The old record of 34.2 for the two-month period was set in 1898. RESOURCES Find out how it can be 38 degrees and snowing, prepare your home and car for the cold and know how winter can affect your health, in CNN.com's Winter Weather In-Depth Special MESSAGE BOARDS Travel troubles Winter power crunch Below-average temperatures were recorded in 43 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states during the November-December period. Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri recorded the coldest November-December, while Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas experienced the second-coldest such two-month period. The only states that recorded near-normal temperatures were Nevada, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Record snowfall December snowfall records were set in Marquette, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Waterloo, Iowa; and Amarillo, Texas. Buffalo, New York, set a new three-month snowfall record between October and December of 95.9 inches, breaking the previous record of 92.2 inches. A 24-hour snowfall record was set during the period at Chicago, Illinois' Midway Airport of 14.5 inches. That record had stood since December 1960, according to the National Weather Service. Carolina shrimp threatened Along the South Carolina coast, temperatures have dipped into the lower 40s, killing shrimp roe which would otherwise grow into spring's crop of white shrimp, the state's Natural Resources Department said Thursday. On one of the coldest days in December, Jim Gallager runs through the snow pulling his daughter on a sled, in Narberth, Pennsylvania The cold ocean temperatures could result in a disappointing shrimp harvest this year, forcing prices for shrimp products at groceries and restaurants higher. The shrimp tend to hide in warm water holes in the South Carolina harbor and can tolerate water as cold as 48 degrees. But this year's cold weather has dropped water temperatures to 42 degrees even at depths of 40 feet, said Larry Delancey, supervisor of the department's crustacean management program. The data match predictions by the National Weather Service, which recently predicted that the eastern and western United States would be socked with extreme cold outbreaks at least through March. The record cold came on the tail of a year that began with the warmest U.S. winter on record, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures last year from January to October were the warmest 10 consecutive months in the United States since national temperature records began in 1895.