Interesting Perspective...
And as
usual, keep a pound of salt handy:
" National Emergency imminent!
Relevant URLs are at the bottom of this
posting, along with an
outline of the immense powers FEMA will be exercising when the
national emergency is
declared.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the
Office of Emergency Planning and
gives authorization to put
all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased
international tensions
and economic or financial crisis.
Rita is now heading for America's densest concentration of oil
rigs and
refineries off the Texas coast, and in particular
directly for the huge refinery complex at Port Arthur. Not
the
eye of the hurricane mind you, but even worse: the
north-eastern edge of the hurricane, where the strongest
winds
occur. As a result of Rita, which will hit late today (Friday)
or early Saturday, we are likely to lose not
only many of the
refineries, but also critical pipelines to the North East, and
many rigs that produce oil and
natural gas. Of particular
importance, we are likely to lose nearly all of our refineries
that produce diesel
fuel, and most that produce heating oil.
With Katrina we lost rigs and, perhaps more important, there
was
significant damage to Louisiana ports, where most imported
petroleum is brought into the U.S.
Not only will
gasoline prices soar, but we'll be critically
short of diesel fuel for truck transport and grain harvesting
-
leading to a major food supply and distribution crisis. Lack
of heating oil and natural gas will cause havoc when
winter
comes. With imports made more difficult by the damage in
Louisiana, it will be difficult and expensive to
supplement
our crude supplies with imports, regardless of how much the
Saudis increase their production. And even
if we can increase
imports, we'll be drastically short of refinery capacity.
Furthermore, our meager emergency
reserves of refined
petroleum were tapped in the wake of Katrina, so there are no
more of those available.
All
of this appears now to be completely unavoidable.
Understandably, the media is focusing mostly on the threat
to
Houston and Galveston, and the mass exodus of residents. But
in terms of national significance, the threat to
our fuel
supplies is far more important than the local devastation,
formidable as that may be.
Regardless of
any pre-arranged agendas that may exist, we can
expect a national emergency to be declared very soon, as that
is
what we are indeed facing. The emphasis at first may be on
the massive refugee problem, as millions from Texas join
the
hundreds of thousands from New Orleans who must find
accommodations elsewhere. There are also hundreds of
thousands
who have been unable to leave the Texas coastal areas - many
of these stranded on freeways in blistering
heat - and this
will require massive relief efforts. The fuel crisis will also
hit the headlines shortly after
Rita passes as well, turning
the situation into a perceived national emergency very
quickly.
This will be a
multi-faceted emergency, drastically affecting our
whole society, our fuel, our food, and our economy.
I
strongly urge everyone, wherever you are, to immediately
stock up on non-perishable food, and whatever else you
think
you'll be needing, before the rush which will begin next week,
and before price gouging and the FEMA
takeover begin.
good luck,
rkm
Relevant URLs.
re/ Rita &
Oil:
http://rense.com/general67/rita.htm
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...home-headlines
[url]http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/21/news/economy/rita_threat/index.htm[/ur
l]
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/fre...ta_storm.shtml
http://www.cyberjournal.org/c<br />
...&lists=newslog
re/ FEMA:
http://rense.com/general67/femmsec.htm
FEMA
powers:
1. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 allows the government to take over
all modes of transportation and control of
highways and
seaports.
2. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and
control the communication
media.
3. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 allows the government to take over
all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels
and minerals.
4. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 allows the government to take over
all food resources and farms.
5.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the government to mobilize
civilians into work brigades under government
supervision.
6. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 allows the government to take over
all health, education and welfare
functions.
7. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 designates the Postmaster General to
operate a national registration of all
persons.
8. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 allows the government to take over
all airports and aircraft, including
commercial aircraft.
9. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance
Authority to relocate communities,
build new housing with
public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish
new locations for
populations.
10. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 allows the government to take over
railroads, inland waterways and public
storage facilities.
11. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the
Office of Emergency Planning
and gives authorization to put
all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased
international tensions and
economic or financial crisis.
12. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department
of Justice to enforce
the plans set out in Executive Orders,
to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and
legislative
liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal
and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist
the
President."
