Interdependence is a bitch. A thousand years ago, people in South Eastern North Carolina wouldn't even know about a hurricane in the gulf, let alone be affected by it in a significant way. What people don't seem to realize is that this is not just a matter of higher gas prices. And it's not temporary. The problem is that just isn't enough gas at all. And without gas, our whole civilization while come to a screeching halt. This construction all over campus will have to stop or be slowed dramatically in the next few days. Because that's how much gas it takes just to turn those machines on. All these dozens of people the state has hired for these jobs here will be out of work again, and this construction was supposed to be the spearhead of a major initiative to employ our region's residents. And the same is true of anybody using gas-guzzling machines like that. Another example: a girl I know just got a job twenty miles away in Fort Fisher on the weekends. It's likely that she'll have to quit because of the gas crisis. But enough about microsystems. People all over the South East commute significant mileage every day. If there's not enough gas, these people have to totally alter their transportation. Even carpooling and public transportation aren't solutions. It's not an issue of paying higher prices for gas, if it was, then the problem would be as simple as inflation. And what about the police patrol cars on the streets all day every day? Will they get first priority on filling up? Tractor trailors are already being sidelined, which means no shipments. Food, clothing, manufactured goods, appliances, batteries, whatever - done, gone. That means the prices of all those things sky-rocket, too. Inflation like you wouldn't believe is about to hit. And the pipeline wasn't the only thing that hurricane took out. There's no electricity in half of Mississippi. And not just residentially. People can't go to work, to school, to the grocery store, because those places are in the dark, too. People are getting shot over ice cubes. The bayou is closed. The rest of the developed world is about to close with it.
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