Oil Prices Decline as Hurricane Fears Ease
The News Review:
- Oil Prices Decline as Hurricane Fears Ease
- La. Town Sees Slow Recovery Two Years After Hurricane Rita
- Warm waters may trigger Mediterranean hurricane
- Hunt begins for new hurricane center director.
- … gamble on storms looks brilliant so far The quiet hurricane…
Oil Prices Decline as Hurricane Fears Ease
FOXNews – Sep 24, 2007
Workers have since been redeployed and production restored. However companies and investors are keeping an eye on three more systems one located in the southern Gulf one near the north coast of South America and one in the central Atlantic. “The hurricane season is not over yet and there are still tropical waves crossing the Atlantic that will need to be watched for development in the coming days” said Olivier Jakob managing director of Petromatrix in Switzerland. Jitters about possible disruptions are likely to support natural gas prices going forward Flynn said. At the pump meanwhile gas prices dipped 0. 1 cent overnight to a national average price of $2. 809 a gallon according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
La. Town Sees Slow Recovery Two Years After Hurricane Rita
FOXNews – Sep 24, 2007
— This Louisiana town may have dried out and cleaned up since getting flattened by Hurricane Rita but its recovery is moving in slow motion: Nearly everyone still lives in temporary housing. The post office operates out of a trailer. The town’s only bank works out of a trailer. Darlene Dyson sells shrimp from a trailer then picks up her 7-year-old son and takes him to their home — a trailer. “It’s not like it was before the storm that’s for sure” Dyson said.
Warm waters may trigger Mediterranean hurricane
Times Online – Sep 24, 2007
This has been done so that correct url isgenerated if we are coming from a section or topic –>Paul Simons: Weather Eyediv#related-article-links p a div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;}Anyone going on holiday to the Caribbean or southern coasts of the US needs to be aware of the risk of hurricanes especially at this time of year. But tourists to the Mediterranean may need to watch out for hurricanes in the future. This year brought the fastest intensification of a hurricane when Humberto exploded from a tropical depression to a hurricane in just 16 hours. In 2005 there was a record number of hurricanes including the most intense one yet on record. Tropical cyclones also are cropping up in unexpected places: in 2004 the first hurricane appeared in the South Atlantic and struck the coast of Brazil and a year later Hurricane Vince formed near the Madeira islands in the Atlantic and became the first known hurricane to hit Spain. Climate change might be responsible for altering these areas where tropical cyclones develop. A recent study looked at climate change forecasts and revealed for the first time a risk of a tropical cyclone development over the Mediterranean as the waters there warmed up.
Hunt begins for new hurricane center director.
Free with registration – South Florida Sun-Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 24, 2007
Although no one has applied yet there already is a top contender in Bill Read who recently was installed as the deputy director. “I’m considering applying for the job” he said on Monday. Hurricane specialist Richard Knabb is.
… gamble on storms looks brilliant so far The quiet hurricane…
Free with registration – Sarasota Herald-Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 24, 2007
Florida’s gamble on storms looks brilliant so far The quiet hurricane season seems to validate lawmakers’ bold move but critics warn the risk remains large. (24-SEP-07) Sarasota Herald Tribune. Assuming no major late-season storms strike the state will have collected more than… Assuming no major late-season storms strike the state will have collected more than $2. 4 billion in premiums for its catastrophe fund over the last two years and has not had to pay out a dime. With additional financing the state Hurricane Catastrophe Fund estimates it will have a $5. 2 billion surplus by the end of this year. The news is equally cheery for Citizens Property Insurance the state-run company that is now Florida’s largest property insurer with more than 1. 3 million customers. Late this summer the corporation reported a $1.