There are apparently at least three breaches:
Dozens of blocks in the Ninth Ward were under water as a waterfall at least 30 feet wide poured over and through a dike that had been used to patch breaks in the Industrial Canal levee. On the street that runs parallel to the canal, the water ran waist-deep […]
In preparation for Hurricane Rita, Exxon Mobil has shut its Baytown TX refinery. That produces 557,000 bbls of oil products per day and is the largest in the U.S.
According to Valero Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Greehey:
"If it hits the refineries, and we're short refining capacity, you're going to see gasoline prices well over $3.00 a gallon at the pump… There's a lot of oil platforms, oil rigs, (natural) gas platforms, gas rigs. It could have a significant impact on supply and […]
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