The media spent the all day yesterday trying to use this to "talk down" the economy and it is having no effect. I was thinking yesterday that what I remembered from past catostrophic storms was a huge surge in spending on construction materials. I feel awful for what is happening to all of the people down there, but they will rebuild and spend money.
Hopefully, this will jolt more people into seeing how totally screwed up America's oil refining capabilities are. I was screaming at the TV all day yesterday that if they built more refineries and drilled in ANWR and other places, this storm would only have a minimal effect.
Slidel . . has the eyewall on it right now.