Wind And Rain.

       Alas it appears the wall along the Mexican border seems less and less likely to be built. But there is a wall that has been proposed to be built and it's far more likely to happen. A sixty mile "spine" of concrete and steel along the Texas Gulf Coast. What for, you may ask? As protection from larger fiercer storms. You know, like the ones caused by global warming. This "spine' would protect lands from the Louisiana border to south of Houston including "most of Texas' thirty oil refineries."
       Does anyone see the most interesting part of this wall? It's going to protect nearly thirty oil refineries. The very refineries that are a major cause of global warming causing these storms to be more fierce. After all, we can't have oil refineries getting shut down again by the storms they are responsible for. Didn't this happen once before? Hurricane Harvey shut down about a quarter of those refineries causing gasoline prices to go up about 28 cents a gallon.
       I'm surprised the oil companies aren't cheering for another hurricane to hit and knock out even more refineries. They could then raise the prices up, oh, maybe 50 cents a gallon and then ask for federal help to rebuild the refineries. This could become an annual price slam as long as the Hurricanes cooperate.
       And guess what, friends? The price tag for this wall along the gulf coast would only cost taxpayers a measly twelve billion. They've already approved 3.9 billion for three separate barriers for the refineries. Does anyone understand the costs of global warming yet? What's a little wind and rain.
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