Random Look At Drilling in The Bakken -- This Is My Last Post for Awhile - Out and About

Not often do we get such an informative post elsewhere.  When you get to the link, scroll down about six posts, and read the post by "Degas." This is an excellent resource for newbies. "Degas" adds more at this link, and it starts a new thread, I believe. Includes information about Bakken pricing.

Meanwhile, Google shelters $10 billion in Bermuda: no corporate taxes.  Tea leaves: Google CEO soon to be an Obama Cabinet secretary. Don't even get me started.

Can never get enough of this. Sorry. But "Minnesota is encased in snow and ice" -- LA Times. Global warming hit the midwest earlier than usual this year. With a record storm.

Minnesota was recovering Monday morning from a winter weekend snowstorm that dumped as much as 15 inches of snow across the state, closing roads and causing hundreds of crashes. Blizzard conditions were so severe that at one point Sunday snowplows were pulled from the roads.

Making things even worse for morning commuters, temperatures plunged overnight, turning roads icy.

"Temperatures dropped dramatically," Lt. Eric Roeske of the Minnesota Highway Patrol told the Los Angeles Times on Monday morning. "Heavy, wet snow froze, so most roads are snow- and ice-covered this morning."

I assume FEMA won't even try to drive into the area. How do Minnesotans feel about the storm?

Beitlich, in an interview Monday morning, said that the huge snowfall was a welcome sight for many who were worried about drought conditions in the state.

"There's still a long way to go ... for drought recovery. We had such a dry summer that it's going to take quite a few storms," Beitlich said.  But still, "we're hopeful that we're going to get a good snowpack."