"Get familiar with the names Hanna, Josephine, Ike, and Kyle"

[Smiling JOe]

I am so glad we have a weather forum on here. Thanks, Kurt.

by JeffMasters (http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html), 1:20 PM EDT on August 28, 2008
www.weatherunderground.com

It's time to get familiar with the names Hanna, Josephine, Ike, and Kyle, because the tropical Atlantic is about to put on a rare burst of very high activity in the coming weeks. ... (full story (http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1046&tstamp=200808))

Gustav's potential impact on the oil and gas industry
The price of U.S. crude oil has jumped about 2%, and the price of U.S. natural gas has increased 11% in the past two days, in anticipation that Gustav might rip through the oil and gas production areas of the Gulf of Mexico. About 25% of U.S. crude oil and 15% of its natural gas are produced in the Gulf of Mexico. As seen in Figure 2, the oil production areas are concentrated along the Louisiana and Texas coast. If Gustav makes a landfall on the right side of its cone of uncertainty, in Alabama or the Florida Panhandle, the oil and gas infrastructure might not be significantly affected. However, most of the cone of uncertainty lies in the major oil and gas producing areas, and I give an increased 70% chance that Gustav will significantly hurt oil and gas production in the Gulf.

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/2008/platform_loc.png
Figure 2. Location of major oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The data was taken from the Department of Interior Mineral Management Services (http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/pubinfo/freeasci/freedesc.html)

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[TooFarTampa]

make ... it ... stop ....
:bang:

[InletBchDweller]

daaaaaaaaaaaang that is alot of black dots :blink::blink::blink:

[Smiling JOe]

kind of looks like good potential for oil leaks, eh? Don't you want them covering the Florida coast, too?

[MissCritter]

kind of looks like good potential for oil leaks, eh? Don't you want them covering the Florida coast, too?

I was thinking exactly the same thing. :blink:

[organicmama]

Thanks! I read this earlier this afternoon.

[sowalgayboi]

I'd just like to know why oil prices surge when a hurricane threatens those platforms? 90% of them are unused and of the ones that are it's (sorry for the pun) a very small drop in the bucket.

[jdarg]

kind of looks like good potential for oil leaks, eh? Don't you want them covering the Florida coast, too?

I was blown away by the number or oil rigs. And no, the entire coastline of the Gulf does not need to be covered with these!

[DuneLaker]

There might be more black dots from sewage and other runoff from condos and overdevelopment along the coast. Who knows why there seems to be more June grass and red tide. At this point, it isn't from offshore drilling. Could it be from condos and overdevelopment along the coast? Wonder if someone has a black dot graphic for all the oil that is already transported by ship off Florida's shore. There could be less pollution from American controlled drilling than shipping from foreign companies. Just some other things to think about. Big Oil, Big Condos, Big Stores, Big Agriculture, Big Autos - why just blame one entity? The entire coast is already covered with a bunch of stuff it shouldn't. I won't go out in a boat anymore and look back to shore. Took a boat ride a few years ago out of Destin and it made me ill looking back at the shore.