Live Report From Jon Ogg At 24/7 Wall St. Houston Bureau

Posted: September 13, 2008 at 7:30 am

PoWindmill_2_lgwer off and on. Downtown has some. Winds are side-way. Branches are flying through the air.

Jon Ogg reported live from our Houston bureau described a storm which is as bad as it could be for the huge metro area.

If these conditions hit the refineries along the coast, there is a very good chance the large refineries new the Port of Houston could be closed for weeks, driving gas prices up. In some areas in the Southwest, petrol has already hit $6 a gallon.

The human toll could be tremendous. Several thousand people did not leave Galveston which has been overrun by the storm surge.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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