2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

I wonder what this thing did to the Galveston/Bay Town/Houston area. If the refineries went offline, gas prices will spike. People think gas prices rise when a hurricane impacts the Gulf because of the oil rigs (fuck you, Deepwater Horizon), but it's really worse when a refinery looses power or whatever.

 

After every storm, there is a bright light of hope that shines through the clouds.

 

Looks like you should start seeing some action soon up your way.

 

This storm is a virtual clone of Rita. It caused havoc well inland in 2005. Hurricane force winds then persisted as far inland as Interstate 20.

 

I'm west of Houston, but - zero signs of a storm. From the news broadcasts this morning, it looked like Galveston got a ton of wind and there is probably some damage from it, but it seems like Louisiana bore the brunt of the storm.

 

Double edged sword this time. I imagine they evacuated all the offshore rigs, which normally would spook the market. But there's such an unrefined supply already that it may even out. So far, I haven't heard the usual "panic in the streets" every time a stiff wind blows in the Gulf.

 

I didn't think that anything to do with that storm could have possibly made me laugh. Thanks.

 

Now here's some helpful advice. Imagine you were one of the ones who stayed to ride it out, watched it get more powerful after it was too late to flee, and then reading this.

Those who didn't evacuate before Hurricane Laura should put their name in a plastic bag in a pocket, official says - CNN

 

Houston is far enough from where it went inland for it to be a bad storm but I doubt it was terribly damaging. Wrong side of the storm and distance will mitigate it a bit.

The gulf oil rigs will have caught all sorts of hell, but they're built for it. There will be damage but as you said, the refineries are the main bottleneck. As long as they are ok it won't be too bad. I'm certain that a couple of thousand rigs got hit, though, that area is stiff with them.

 

Vidor, Texas is the single most racist place I know of. It was one of those "Don't be here after dark, boy" kind of towns well up into the 80's to my certain knowledge.

 

I was reading a Twitter thread last week or so, and it was stunned to find out that in South yes but also the Midwest and other areas there are still sunset towns.

 

I worked that area as an outside salesman in '83-85 or so. There were signs to that effect nailed to trees on the main road leading into town then.