Race Against Time

…is what Hurricane Ike rescuers are trying to do right now. With thousands of Americans stranded in their homes inundated by floods brought by Hurricane Ike, the rescuers’ job will not be easy. The stranded Americans who did not heed the order to evacuate are estimated to be 140,000 in numbers. Without power and water supply, I shudder with the thought of people and even animals being stranded out there.

For sure, a lot of them thought that the hurricane will not do much damage and they would be able to ride out the huge storm but their thoughts were wrong.

And for those who were not actually affected by the storm, Ike’s aftershock effect can still be felt too. I chatted with my friend in South Columbia just this afternoon and the gas prices surge up to $5 a gallon. Woah!

With people stacking up on fuel for fear of shortage and gasoline infrastructure getting destroyed by the storm, fuel production was affected and subsequently, gas prices shot up. Hopefully, this is just temporary. Meantime, better take out the bikes and start biking to get around to save on gas. My friend’s doing it now.