From: "Geo" 

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:43a0f858$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> None that wiped out several refineries at the same time for such a long
> period of time AND at a time when refining capacity compared to demand was
> so low.  The last big hurricanes in the gulf of such high damage happened
in
> the 1960's, have there been any between 1960 and now that knocked out so
> many refineries for so long?

And if the oil companies took advantage of the situation and closed down
refineries that didn't need to be closed or delayed reopening them when
they could have been operational then would the last big hurricanes in the
gulf have knocked out so many refineries? Seems to me your way of gauging
the affects is to accept that all the shutdowns were really not wanted by
the big companies who now own multiple refineries.

Geo.

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