[BayouCoyote]

The offshore rigs are in danger as well.

Not to mention the refineries, 8+ that will be out of service for q u i t e a while...increased fuel $ as well as - 1,000,000 barrels a day production. It will impact ALL of America. Look to 6+$ per gallon.

I've left already to Lafayette, and I went to Church for the 1st time in 3 years..pray for those who failed to leave, b/c they will be dead.

CAT5 = catastrophic damage

I've already lined up a job out here. Batten down the hatches..the storms here!!

[DownInFlames]

Anyone see the whatif documentary "Oil Wars" in June of this year? It was based on New Orleans getting nailed with a cat 5 hurricane. The entire oil industry was wiped out for 1 year and gas went up to $9.00 a gallon. The economy basically shut down. No one could afford gas.

[McGavin999]

The administration tried to get an energy bill passed his first year. Had that happened, a few of those new refineries would be coming on line about now in various parts of the country.

The gas prices will be bad, but what about all those people trapped in the bowl? How on earth do we recover from that?