Gasoline shortage!
Revelationesque storms!
Whatever will we do??????

Any excuse the powers that be can come up with to fleece the public out of their dollars and instill a sense of fear (and thereby establish control, since scared people are simple to control) they will take it. War? Yes siree! Pay more for gas and be afraid....the Muslims are coming. Hurricane? That'll work. Pay more for gas, southeast, and stock up on milk and bread just in case the storm (gasp!) takes a turn toward Y O U.

I am certainly not the only person who perversely wishes I were there on my front porch with a beer and a few close friends, waiting for the winds to scare us back into the house. I hope the foolish/courageous/stubborn souls who refused to evacuate have an awesome hurricane party and enjoy an exciting, safe night as the shit hits the fan down south. I will pray tonight that no one is hurt.

I used to live in New Orleans. And...it's safer to ride out a large-category hurricane in your home, by statistics, than to drive your car to work and back for a week. (Or something like that...I read this stat after Katrina and the specicifs are fuzzy.) Yes, storms are getting bigger (thanks, global warming!) but the media is also delighting in fearmongering like never before in history. Personally, I 'spect things will be okay.