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To: elmatador who wrote (111)	8/29/2005 8:25:22 PM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 218878

These hurricanes come down in power rapidly when they go over land. It was still Cat 4 at New Orleans. It was way inland by the time it got down to Cat 1 (75 miles per hour).

To: elmatador who wrote (111)	8/29/2005 8:45:34 PM
From: Taikun	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218878

There are images on TV of buildings with windows blown out and reports of rigs missing, their GPS showing positions miles from where they were tethered. What matters more for oil is not the impact on N.O. but whether the 175mph winds over the GOM did more or less damage than Ivan. Anyway, the NG story is still intact, at worst Katrina has no impact and we're heading into very bullish conditions so I hold my XEC, XTO and CHK. If I can raise more cash will add EOG, CRK, BR

To: elmatador who wrote (111)	8/29/2005 10:09:08 PM
From: Zincman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218878

E: <<press padded up the hurricane>> It's comments like these that add fuel to the fire... What a bunch of idiotic comments. ZM

To: elmatador who wrote (111)	8/30/2005 8:42:35 AM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218878

Main hit was apparently in the end in Mississippi in Gulfport and Biloxi. Direct coverage of course is going to be from somewhere the reporter can safely get to. Death toll will be at least a couple of hundred. Lots of areas in the Louisiana delta will be just completely out of touch so will take a while to find out what happened. Floods in Europe have been reported here. But not much.

To: elmatador who wrote (111)	8/30/2005 3:38:30 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 218878

Note that Globalstar phone service continued as though there was nothing going on. People who want to be able to communicate when things go wrong, as they always do [go wrong, sometime or other], should have a Globalstar phone. It's cheap enough to use a lot of the time anyway, so having one on hand for when it's really needed is a good idea. It's too late to get one when the chips are down. prnewswire.com Mqurice PS: Normal cellphone services were disrupted, as usual. It's surprising how long it takes people to figure stuff out. < ON THE WEB: Katrina Hits Wireless Carriers Verizon, Cingular scramble to shore up cell phone connections as they are often rescue workers' sole method of communication. After hurricane Katrina knocked down phone and power lines along the Gulf Coast Monday, wireless operators struggled to restore cellular service, which was often the only means of communication for emergency workers searching for victims of the monster storm. >