Pray for them

(CNN) -- Hurricane Dean burgeoned into a Category 5 storm -- capable of inflicting catastrophic damage when it makes landfall early Tuesday.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who was in Canada for a trilateral meeting with President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, announced he would cut short his visit and return home Tuesday to deal with the storm.

Mexico's state-run oil company, Petroleos de Mexico, said it was abandoning its offshore rigs in Dean's path and evacuating more than 14,000 workers, Stopping production at the Campeche Sound's 407 oil wells will result in a loss of 2.7 million barrels of oil and 2.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day, Pemex said, according to AP.

Notice the Mexican president cut short his actually important non-vacation activity to return to Mexico to deal with the storm - before it even made landfall. You know Shrub called him a pussy for that. The pirates on my corner went from $2.66 when I came home from work at 4:40 to $2.79 by 8pm. I'm so glad I filled my tank with $2.52 this weekend.