Ugh!

[leighblack]

I just went out to lunch and gas went up another 20¢. It's $2.99 right now. I know you Coastal folk and foreign types are laughing, but that's a pretty big and sudden jump. It was $2.45 just on Sunday. It's only going to get worse while the refineries in the Gulf are down. I'm already spending about $200 a month in gas, just to get back and forth from work. Soon, I'm going to have to get a second job again, just to pay for my gas to my day job. No more road trips anytime soon, that's for sure.

Yes, I know there's people much worse off than I am. But it's my journal, and my whining is allowed. Plus, life still has to go on.

This just sounds awful, from WWL-TV Blog:
12:11 P.M. - Army Corps: Water has become level with the Lake in the city so no more water should flow into the city, except at high tide.

It's good that no more water will be pouring in, but I can't even possibly imagine how much water there already is. It's level with the Lake?!? I know the Lake level went down dramatically, since the water was all pouring out, but that's still alot of water and it's pretty deep. I don't care if I have to ride out on a skateboard. If I'm ever told to evacuate my neighborhood, I'm going. Dying in a cesspool of filth is not for me.

In other news, I got my review at work yesterday, and it was only three weeks late. That's not too bad. It just reinforced the fact that even though many days I sit here and do nothing, my boss still LOVES me. This is not a bad thing. Hopefully, my backpay and raise will be on my next check.

Comments

[taylorea.livejournal.com]

That's good news about your review hon!

Momma and I were just saying that if there were ANY kind of evacuation, we would grab all the fuzzies, pack up the car and be gone, gone, gone...

It really amazes me that no one seems to really be doing anything about the gas prices. I mean, not that someone like me could do much, but I know there are people out there who can. People with clout and yet most seemed completely resigned to do nothing. What's up with that?

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

I got your text message. And yes, you are a dork.

I'm not totally surprised that people didn't leave, but it's still rather mystifying. I realize that plenty of people couldn't leave, either because they're incapcitated or don't have the money, but plenty of able people stuck around too.

And the amount of people who left their animals behind to fend for themselves is horrifying! There's so many posts of people wanting to know how they're going to get their cats out. Look, if they haven't drowned, they've already found a way to get out of your building. YOU didn't take care of them, so they're going to have to take care of themselves. I realize there's so exceptions to this, but most people just thought their pets would be okay and left them. I couldn't imagine doing that!

Bush & Co are trying to help with the gas shortages (which is why the price has jumped). They're releasing oil from the reserves, but that takes time to trickle down.

[taylorea.livejournal.com]

I know that they are trying to do something now that a disaster has taken place, but the prices have been rising for so long and they are only doing something about it now????

I heard that there is one politician in the MN House who is setting up an investigation to see why this keeps on happening. I know that I am painfully ignorant about anything involving economics but I just don't understand why it's happening in the first place when there have been other wars and other hard times when giant gas price leaps have not occurred.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

It's not just the war causing it, but there's lots of other economic factors too. Mainly the fact that oil is now over $70 a barrel. That's REALLY high, and the cost has to be passed along somewhere. They are looking into it, but since the price of oil is the main reason, and we don't really set it, there's not much to look into.

The government HAS to start working on plans for uses of other energy sources, and there are lots of options out there, but Bush & his buddies have hands deep into the pockets of the oil industry and don't want to wreck that business. Nothing will change any time soon.

[taylorea.livejournal.com]

(sigh) I figured it must be something like that. I know that Bush and Co. are invested in oil and I figured that it must have something to do with it all.
You always have a good grasp on what's going on.

On the bright side. I think I've got the icon thing covered now.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

That's because I pay attention to the news. And not the crap they feed us on the nightly news, but the real news.

Good! Icons are pretty easy to understand. Imagine trying to keep track of 100 of them! =)

[taylorea.livejournal.com]

For the people who could not save their pets my heart goes out to you and your fuzzies!

For anyone who could have saved their pets, but chose not too...
Go to hell!

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Poppy Brite (docbrite) had no way to get all her animals out and was heartbroken about leaving some of them. But she has like 28 rescue cats, and some of them are essentially running feral around their house. You can't catch them and stuff them all into a tiny car.

[taylorea.livejournal.com]

My Heart goes out to you docbrite I hope that they will all be ok when you get back.

[cinful1.livejournal.com]

Gas was $2.85 here in my little hick town last night! I noticed on my way to work this morning it went up to $3.31! I about shit myself. Driving is going to be limited....very limited!!