hurricane gustav

And we haven’t even felt the effects from the credit crunch.

Oil and natural gas producers in the Gulf of Mexico have stopped sending workers, evacuated from offshore rigs because of Hurricane Gustav, back to the platforms as Hurricane Ike approaches, a government agency said Wednesday.

Fresh off fleeing hurricane Gustav, 23 shelter kittens arrived safely in Austin Friday after being on the road for nearly 5 days.

One of these kittens can yours as early...

Hurricane Gustav is blamed for causing the average retail price of gasoline in Texas to jump 7 cents this week.

After a sluggish start to their convention in the Twin Cities–day one was lost to Hurricane Gustav and day two was spent focusing on John McCain’s service–Republicans showed their teeth early on Wednesday and didn’t let up.

With leaners
Obama - 50%
McCain - 45%

Without leaners
Obama - 48%
McCain - 43%

Not much change since yesterday, with Obama/Biden dropping one in the “with leaners” numbers, but still maintaining a significant lead over McCain/Palin.

Gasoline prices continued to fall , according to a nationwide survey of gas station credit card swipes, even after Hurricane Gustav caused the shutdown of more than a dozen Louisiana refineries in the past several days.

One of the towns hit hardest by Hurricane Gustav was Montegut, La. Local officials say it could take weeks to bring electricity back to the community, and some worry that residents, tired of weathering hurricanes, will leave for good.

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