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To: jeffers

But Valero Energy reported Saturday that recovery teams found "significant damage" to its oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, following the hurricane. Shell reported wind damage to its Motiva facility in Port Arthur.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/24/rita/index.html


665 posted on 09/24/2005 2:36:09 PM PDT by ElisabethInCincy
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To: ElisabethInCincy

Thanks...from the footer to that story, some good news for a change:

In Texas, the Jefferson County Sheriff's department said people who were
trapped in an apartment building near Beaumont were able to get out
unharmed.

That was a collapsed apartment building.

One for the good guys!


679 posted on 09/24/2005 2:45:49 PM PDT by jeffers
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