by Calculated Risk on 9/20/2005 02:19:00 AM

Here are some excellent sites:
National Hurricane Center
U.S. Navy Storm Site
Weather Underground Note: See Jeff Master's blog.


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Rita nears the Keys. From the NHC Satellite Floater one.

Key West Radar and Miami Radar.

The Oil Drum: They are discussing the possible impact on oil and gas production.

I'm sure there are many more excellent sites. For most hurricanes the fear is greater than the actual damage. Hopefully that will be true with Rita. Unfortunately Katrina lived up to the hype.

From an economic perspective, Rita is a huge concern since so much oil and gas production is already shut-in. Another serious disruption of the GOM facilities could cause a significant price spike for oil, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil this winter.

For tomorrow, the concern is about the Florida Keys.