Economic Damage from Ike may be less than Feared

A small change in Hurricane Ike's course just before it crashed into the Texas coast Saturday may have spared the state and the nation from significantly worse economic damage. The center of the storm appeared to miss the vital concentration of oil and petrochemical refineries in the Houston area, and the surge of water rolling into the nation's second-largest port was also weaker than predicted.

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Keywords: HURRICANE, GULF OF MEXICO, HURRICANE IKE, OIL, GAS, STORM SURGE

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Related Topics: Gulf of Mexico LME, Cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons

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