Eeeeeow! LOL! Will there be a bunch of generators running to drown out the hollerin' that will occur?
http://www.oe.energy.gov/news_room_and_events/events.htm
From there I eventually get to this report of today’s situation:
Situation Report for September 16, 2008, 10AM
http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/docs/2008_SitRep_5_Ike_091608_10AM.pdf
My approximate summary is:
- 2.2 Million “customers” (not people) are dark now in TX, 1.0M in OH, 0.1M LA & AR, 0.4M in KY
- LOOP oil tanker terminal has resumed offloading
- Many Oil facilities shut down, but no reports of substantial damage as of yet.
- Natural gas pipelines seem to be OK. No major infrastructure damage reported. Need electric.
- Generators being installed by Exxon& Chevron and others.
- More than 90% of gas/oil wells in the GOM are not producing due to preemptive shutdowns.
- Nat Gas Damage assessments under way. Flooding. Lack of power. Some may take several weeks to cleanup & repair.
- Minor damage to some off-shore facilities. Too early for detailed repair estimates, but probably not more than a few weeks.
The largest affected distribution company, CenterPoint, reports 3/4 of their customers dark. Facilities still out of service include 90 transmission facilities, 126 substations, 1348 distribution circuits. (In addition, 55 tf, 119 sst, and 342 dc’s have already been restored.)
CenterPoint estimates that 50-75% of its customers will have power within 7-10 days. The remainder within 3wks [sounds optimistic to editor] Over 11,000 personnel are working with CenterPoint.
[IF you look at that report, I caution you that the 90%+ of oil facilities out is meaningless as far as anything having to do with damage. That simply means certain facilities are not producing as of this report.]