Another storm would devastate U.S. energy -analysts(Not for nervous folks)

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N07187618.htm

HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (Reuters) - U.S. oil and natural gas supplies would be devastated if another strong storm hits while the Gulf of Mexico is recovering from Hurricane Katrina, energy analysts said on Wednesday.

"We certainly can't stand another storm," said Tom Bentz, vice president and senior energy analyst for BNP Paribas Commodity Futures Inc. "That's why people are watching the storms out there now."

Two hurricanes and a tropical storm were churning in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday. None of the current storms are forecast to enter the Gulf.

The 2005 hurricane season, which lasts until Nov. 30, has been one of the most active on record and is just reaching the traditional peak of activity in early September.

[Child_Of_Isis]

1. Or a terrorists attack.

If we would have a major attack right now, we would be ruined. If we aren't ruined already.

[pushycat]

7. Bring US to its knees

Any kind of major disturbance when we're wounded like this is a serious risk to our national security. This admin knows how to interpret weather reports as well as the average Joe. IMO they LIOP for true.

[Bhaisahab]

15. welcome to DU pushycat

love your nic :)

[pushycat]

25. thanks paagal

[Tempest]

2. We're only half-way through hurricane season

And it will take a year before Katrina is cleaned up.

[TroglodyteScholar]

5. "And it will take a year before Katrina is cleaned up."

That's the most optimistic assessment I've seen...

[all.of.me]

16. victims of last year's hurricanes have still not rebuilt.

it will be a long haul.

but i thought the same thing after 9/11 - like... how the hell are they going to clean that up, and so on. it took a long time, but eventually got finished. of course, that was a much more organized operation than this is!

[NYC]

19. But it isn't finished.

They still haven't built a building. Not so important in New York, but in New Orleans, nothing can be considered finished until houses are rebuilt.

[all.of.me]

22. right, but i meant just the clean-up.

that is a mind-boggling operation to me! a newsletter just came. i didn't read it yet, just got up, but the teaser says:

Katrina Tsunami
by Richard S. Ehrlich
September 7, 2005

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Katrina's victims may learn lessons from Thailand's
tsunami where DNA and real estate profits have become priorities, and
thousands of survivors still cannot cope eight months after rescue.

Read more:
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/9/2005/1448

[NYC]

23. I'm not surprised that 8 months later

the survivors are still having problems.

I guess I am also not surprised that real estate profits are a priority. I expect that in New Orleans, much to the detriment of the former inhabitants.

Thanks for the link.

From your link:

Expensive, private, American and other security firms became a growth industry, along with scam artists, clairvoyants and others seeking to profit from the hunt for missing loved ones.

[jokerman93]

3. It's only a matter of when. n/t

[BeHereNow]

4. Yep and Yep, not to mention the economic hurricane

that will destroy millions of credit fattened citizens
when the new credit card and bankruptcy laws hit in
October.
BHN

[Purveyor]

9. The BK filings...

In the hurricane strike zone should be huge.

If your house is destroyed, your vehicle is destroyed and you have no job or investment assests, why not wipe out your credit card debt for "good measure"?

[NYC]

20. When is the deadline for filing bankruptcy?

Is it October 17th?

[justabob]

24. yes nt

[ece_democrat]

12. Could be sooner than we think

Could be sooner than we think.
Note one of Ophelia's tracks takes her into the Gulf of Mexico!

http://www.boatus.com/hurricanes/hurricane_spaghetti3.asp

[glugglug]

14. That wouldn't be an issue

That track takes Ophelia over about 150 miles of land in FL, leaving it weaker than the everyday thunderstorm patterns by the time it gets into the gulf.

[Purveyor]

6. It would really suck to have a Cat 4 or5 barrel into Houston n/t

[krkaufman]

8. Yep. Especially since they're already full-up w/ evacuees.

'Oil Storm' predicted a shipping accident in the Houston channels, blocking access to its refineries, as the second hit to oil production. A hurricane whomping Houston could be even more devastating.

[Purveyor]

10. Another blunder? Moving evacuees from one

hurricane region into another?

BTW, anyone know who holds title to the Astrodome and is there a possible profit motive here?

Good ole Houston boy, perhaps?

[anitar1]

18. I thought about that when wonderful Rick Perry was busy

becoming a hero. I think it was a put up deal between him and the DarkHouse. I am hoping for a couple of huge ones.

[Strelnikov_]

11. Refineries, Shipping, Approach Over Gulf Would Damage

the GOM production to the west of the MS outlet that escaped damage this time around.

Considering how bad of JuJu the Chimp has been, I would say it's about 100%.

[Dem2theMax]

17. Yeah. But what if it barreled into Wash. DC?

Not that I want anyone else to be hurt or killed. But wouldn't it be great to see how fast the government reacted to that? :evilgrin:

[leesa]

13. God smacks America upside the head for installing the Chief Chimp...twice.

[gauguin57]

21. Let's get Pat Robertson praying for any hurricanes to turn away!

He's done it before, he can do it again.

Pray, Pat, you crazy bastard!

[Wilber_Stool]

26. Other than the three that floated into shore,

does anyone know what happened to the oil platforms in the Gulf?