Tropical Storm Kyle

Hurricane Kyle is threatening a family wedding this weekend. Is there any doubt that global warming is helping these hurricanes get stronger and more powerful. Granted Kyle is not yet a hurricane it is a powerful tropical storm, but I don't remember a storm threatening like this in recent memory. I mean the fucking Atlantic seaboard rarely sees any of these. This year we have had Hanna, a no-name storm that is pounding the eastern seaboard right now and Kyle moving up the coast. Crazy.

Houstonians may be Forced to Pay for Rebuilding Electric Grid

A hurricane hit the Gulf Coast. We'll just call it Hurricane Ike. You shelter in place because the city told you too. Maybe your house didn't sustain any damage...or maybe it's completely gone. You've been without electricity and water for anywhere from a day to who know's how long, 1 or 2, maybe 3 weeks. And now the electric company will most likely pass the cost of rebuilding its infrastructure on to you. Because you don't have shit else to deal with it.

This is capitalism at its worst. Hooray for deregulation of utilities. If you aren't pissed off, then you aren't paying attention...and maybe that's because you are trying to rebuild after a hurricane ripped apart your life. Nice Centerpoint, really nice.

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Gustav has sustained winds of 150 MPH and is headed straight for the gulf coast - just to the west of New Orleans. The path could change, but regardless it will be devastating to the region. It could also rise to a level 5 hurricane by the time it sits in the warm waters of the gulf. This is scary. It is scheduled to hit on Monday morning, but it is so large the gulf coast will begin to feel the winds by tomorrow. It is now over Cuba to the west of Havana, but will devastate that region as well. More to follow I am sure.