Eerie Prophecy Coming True?
Posted on | September 2, 2005 at 10:22 am | 6 Comments
Back at the beginning of this summer, the FX Network (in association with the BBC, I believe) broadcast an original TV movie called Oil Storm. It was in the mock documentary style and purported to tell the story of what happened to America after a series of catastrophic events limited the supply of oil. I remember watching it and thinking that it was vaguely preposterous though somewhat entertaining at the time. But recent events with Hurricane Katrina, less than three months after the movie was shown, have spookily paralleled the events in the movie. The movie started out with a Category 4 hurricane hitting New Orleans. This Wikipedia entry does a great job of summarizing the plot of the movie and pointing out how closely it has related to the real world events of the last week. I just hope that our future deviates significantly from the plot of the rest of the movie.
At least it looks like Port Fourchon is not in as bad shape as it was in the movie (there is apparently not severe flooding), so that’s one difference.
BTW, I’ve finally heard a little bit from Reign of Frogs bandmate John (DJ Smallberries), who lives in Vicksburg MI MS. He and his wife have been without power for days but are apparently okay. Here’s hoping they didn’t sustain any damage.
Latre.
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6 Responses to “Eerie Prophecy Coming True?”
September 2nd, 2005 @ 12:00 pm
“However, a spirit of sacrifice not seen in America since World War II emerges, with a move toward agrarianism and self-reliance. The country also fast-tracks development of alternative energy sources.” To be honest, that doesn’t sound too bad to me. BTW, gas is still $2.89 at the two stations closest to my home.
I’m glad to hear John & Lucille are OK… I was meaning to ask you about them.
September 2nd, 2005 @ 1:10 pm
Yeah, that part would be nice. Really nice. But I don’t see it happening. What are people going to do with their SUVs? (BTW, I saw an article in the paper this morning about people trying to sell their SUVs in order to buy more fuel efficient cars, and not getting much for them.)
When I went out at lunch, it looked like gas was hovering at around $2.99 here.
September 2nd, 2005 @ 4:04 pm
I’m sorry, but I don’t have a lot of sympathy for the SUV owners who just use their vehicles for day to day commuting. Anything that gets those $%#& things off the road is A-OK with me.
September 2nd, 2005 @ 4:11 pm
If things keep up, I envision dealership parking lots filled up with rows and rows of heavily discounted SUVs. Eventually, people will just start abandonding them by the side of the road once they run out of gas. And I’ll finally be able to see what’s on the road ahead of me without a line of SUVs blocking my forward view.
Here’s the link to the SUV article I was talking about.
September 2nd, 2005 @ 10:25 pm
Not terribly important but…why the Post Office insisted on trying to use two-letter abbreviations – which are impossible to use for all 50 states w/o ambiguity – is a mystery to me. “MI” is Michigan (”MS” is Mississippi). And what’s AL? AK? Is Nebraska NB or NE? Is MA Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine…? Bad idea…of course rendered redundant by zipcodes anyway.
September 2nd, 2005 @ 11:55 pm
Whoops! Thanks for the correction.