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Looking at the glass as half full though, the area will be a hot bed of economic activity for a good while in the aftermath of the calamity. A lot of people will be put to work and a lot of federal dollars will be deployed. It's a major bummer for those who have had their homes destroyed and lives turned upside down, but you always have to look for that silver lining.

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its gonna be a dark cloud for a long time.  Only 16% of Houston homeowners have flood insurance.  There might be a lot of "jingle mail" like there was in the 1980s.  People put the keys in the mailbox and leave town.

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The economic impact is going to be huge and will impact folks in un-expected ways.  For example, Austin had no damage from the storm.  However we now have a "temporary" gas shortage, which brings back memories from the 1970s.   I must pass at least 15 gas stations on the way to work.  All but two were out of fuel.  Attached is a picture from 7am this morning at the local Sam's club, where the line was at least 15 deep to get to the pumps.   --So, who wants to vacation in Austin this holiday weekend? Any guess about the economic impact?  This part of the worlds economy runs on fuel.  When it stops flowing, the economy stops. 

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8 minutes ago, chrisk said:

The economic impact is going to be huge and will impact folks in un-expected ways.  For example, Austin had no damage from the storm.  However we now have a "temporary" gas shortage, which brings back memories from the 1970s.   I must pass at least 15 gas stations on the way to work.  All but two were out of fuel.  Attached is a picture from 7am this morning at the local Sam's club, where the line was at least 15 deep to get to the pumps.   --So, who wants to vacation in Austin this holiday weekend? Any guess about the economic impact?  This part of the worlds economy runs on fuel.  When it stops flowing, the economy stops. 

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Labor Day Weekend only added to it all - hopefully in a few weeks it will be back to normal.

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All the gas stations in Dallas are either backed up or out of fuel. It is being reported that there is really no shortage of fuel except that brought about by panic induced filling of tanks. Our prices jumped by 30 cents or so.

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Sharing some Sandy experience...

Expect...

  • a lot of people using gasoline powered generators at home. Large amount of fuel being used.  Fire and CO hazards.
  • many gas stations did not have electricity to run the pumps for a couple of days...
  • It probably took a few days to a week to get fuel dispensing normally again.
  • Lots of broken and whole trees (including roots) on the ground.

This was in areas that didn't experience flooding, Just lots of rain and hurricane winds.

Good luck with all the efforts you people are putting in.

Best regards,

-a-

 

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This was my friends parents house neighborhood several days ago.  Most people in Houston don't what day it is.  We are just in do mode.  We don't have basements since the water table is too close to the ground level.  If you want to donate to grassroots. My wife and I have a charity 501c3 and will get supplies to people.  Paypal is wapflying@gmail.com           If you want to fly look up OPeration Airlift on FaceBook.   They are focused on East Texas that still has water in lots of small towns. Beaumont Silsbe, Lumberton are just being reached.   It normally does not make sense to move stuff via GA, but these people have not been reached in 5 or 6 days. As in the government has not got to all of them. If you need a model for what to send.  http://www.umcor.org/UMCOR/Relief-Supplies

Also the Cajun Navy needs support.  I can't find the guy who is coordinating  They are doing rescues in East Texas and Louisiana still today and need gas money.

So thankful for the support of the nation.   There were boat registrations from Oklahoma and Louisiana

Best quote on Facebook.   Someone needs to erect a monument to "random dude in a bass boat".    People just hopping in their trucks to come help has saved 1000s of lives.

 

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