[Revel]

My guess is that the federal government is involved behind the scenes in deciding if they should evac NO. People have pointed out all the oil refineries and riggs in this area. Well even if the hurricane misses NO...The evac is going to cause economic damage to the whole country and not just NO. People are not going to be too happy when Gas goes over $3.00 a gallon. This is also a very bad time considering that the refineries are now in the mode for making heating oil. The cost of heating oil is becoming so high that I am afraid some people are literally going to freeze this winter. Imagine $700 just to fill a 275 Gallon tank. This storm could make it much worse. So I am sure that feds have a very keen interest in this are in constant communication with NO.

[rwfromkansas]

rigs are already shut down......gas will go up as it is even with a miss.

I don't think the feds are involved.