Quote from another board
The first few minutes of electronic trading saw oil up to almost $71 a barrel and nat gas up almost 30%. If this thing hits Pascagoula as I expect, Oil could go to $80 this week and nat gas to $15 per 1000 bcf.
He also had a report of an off shore rig with a reading of 215 mph before the instrumentation and pump were blown off. That was about an hour ago.
Prayers... prayers... prayers for all in the path of this hurricane!