Thousands in NM without natural gas service

[The Straight Story]

Thousands in NM without natural gas service

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – With tens of thousands of people across New Mexico without natural gas service, Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday declared a state of emergency, ordered government offices be shut down Friday and urged schools to "strongly consider" remaining closed for the day.

Demand has soared because of extremely cold weather across the state since Tuesday. New Mexico Gas Company said rolling blackouts in West Texas also impeded the delivery of natural gas to New Mexico.

Martinez declared a state of emergency for the entire state, urging residents to turn down their thermostats, bundle up and shut off appliances they don't need for the next 24 hours.

She later announced all state operations not providing critical services would be closed Friday to decrease the strain on energy resources throughout New Mexico.

"Due to statewide natural gas shortages, I have ordered all government agencies that do not provide essential services to shut down and all nonessential employees to stay home" on Friday, Martinez said after meeting with public safety personnel in Albuquerque.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110204/ap_on_bi_ge/us_natural_gas_outages

[SpiralHawk]

1. RepubliBagger takes over Enchantment Land -- everything goes to shit

Um hmmmm. Coincidence? Not hardly.

[zeemike]

2. And we know what the solution will be...

You guessed it higher prices for Natural Gas...payback for the texas energy interest support.