HURRICANE RITA - Hurricane Local Statement for Lake Charles, LA

Hurricane Local Statement for Lake Charles, LA
Issued at 615 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005
Oil Prices Sink As Hurricane Rita Weakens (AP via Yahoo! News)
Crude oil prices dropped sharply Friday, the second straight day of declines, as traders welcomed news that Hurricane Rita had weakened, suggesting that damage to refinery capacity in the Gulf could be less severe than originally feared.
Hurricane RITA Strike Probabilities Number 25
Issued at 4 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005
Gasoline panic runs down as fears of hurricane Rita impact abate (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
TORONTO (CP) - Rumours of $2-a-litre gasoline in Canada vapourized and "irrational" localized price spikes abated Friday as motorists got a grip on themselves and fears eased about hurricane Rita.
Hurricane RITA Discussion Number 25
Issued at 5 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2005
24 nursing home patients die fleeing Hurricane Rita (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Twenty-four elderly residents of a Houston nursing home died when oxygen cylinders exploded aboard a bus ferrying them away from Hurricane Rita, police said.