To GL100:
Something happens to the ocean that destroys life in it. People in the 50's thought it foolish to pay for bottle of water, much like now people think it is foolish to pay for bottles of oxygen. Well, in the future you cannot breathe the air. Suddenly, living in a futuristic dome city does not seem so wonderful anymore.
To zeo:
TAKEN FROM
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ybenjamin/detail??blogid=150&entry_id=66663
Ever heard of a "hazmat card"? Well if you live anywhere along the gulf coast, you might want to get one. In order to get one, you'll have to sign up with your state's emergency operations authority and take a formal course. Your graduation "diploma" will be an official "hazmat card".
What the heck is a "hazmat card"? These cards could become critical in the coming hurricane season. In case the hurricane hits the massive oil slick and pushes storm surges over sand dunes, barrier islands, booms (useless!) into cities, marshes and beach towns, there could be mass evacuations. The worst case scenarios could require potential permanent relocation because the results will be widespread toxic zones. Imagine an entire city becoming a "superfund" site.
Past experience tells you it can take days or weeks for damaged bridges and roads to open and for authorities to allow residents to return to inspect the damage after a hurricane.
If we get a "toxic storm," emergency protocols will probably only allow residents with hazmat cards to cross bridges and roads to return home because toxicity risks would be too high for untrained residents.
"You'd have to have these cards to be able to return," says Mr. Ron Greve, a recent Florida hazardous materials class graduate. "In these classes, they basically tell you that swallowing even a small amount of the oil or getting some on your hands and then having a smoke could be deadly." It's highly likely that people without hazmat cards cannot enter hazardous materials zones which could be entire coastal cities, towns and parishes.
Read more:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ybenjamin/detail??blogid=150&entry_id=66663#ixzz0s0pOSbkE
Hey. you keep saying all I do is preach gloom and doom, but you ain't seen nothing yet because things are about to get a lot worse. This is but the start of woe.
Back in 2001 I said that I saw dark clouds bringing destruction - the OILicane is coming.