Our guest poster from Rocky Mountain Institute recently pointed out how vulnerable the USA was to hurricanes in the Gulf, citing hurricane Gustave as an example. This current post's graphic dramatically displays the risk. The most intense the hurricane, also, the greater the chance of in inland incursion, doing long term physical damage to refinery equipment and pipelines.
Via::USEIA, EIA Report on Hurricane Impacts on U.S. Energy ...
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