Oh my .......... die, Rita, die.
this was good news, though:
BAYTOWN, Texas (CNN) -- The largest oil refinery in the United States reports no major damage from Hurricane Rita, an official who monitors the region said.
The Exxon-Mobil refinery, the largest in the United States, is located in Baytown and was undamaged, Ed Hawthorne, of the Channel Industries Mutual Aid group told CNN.
About 200 other refineries and chemical plants along the channel connecting the port of Houston and the Gulf of Mexico also appear not to be damaged in any significant way, Hawthorne said.
Fuel prices rose recently because of concern about that the storm would hit the refineries.
The plants and refineries shut down in advance of the storm. It will take about a week for them to reopen, Hawthorne said.