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We're talking tens of millions of dollars of damage from Katrina' said Ford, who noted that the company normally sees third-quarter hurricane repair costs of about $3 million to $5 million. Alltel, which is the leading rural U.S. ... Alltel (AT.N: , , ) estimates that hurricane Katrina caused tens of millions of ...
Reuters
9/22/2005
Bush's political woes stretch beyond Katrina
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. ... Bush's mounting political woes extend far beyond Hurricane Katrina's fallout, with high gas prices, low public ... the storm, was slumping well before the hurricane ravaged the U.S ...
Reuters
9/22/2005
Hurricane Rita down to Category 4
... Texas (CNN) -- A weakened but still powerful Hurricane Rita turned Thursday to threaten residents in ... New Orleans, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina, is under a tropical storm ...
CNN
9/22/2005
Houston Refining Industry at a Standstill
Oil refineries in Pasadena, Texas are idle as Hurricane Rita approaches landfall along the Gulf Coast in this aerial view on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005. ... if Hurricane Rita magnifies the damage last month's Hurricane Katrina inflicted on the oil-refining ... is still out from Hurricane Katrina's sweep through Louisiana and Mississippi ...
ABCNEWS.com
9/22/2005
After Katrina, a quest for better insurance
This week, lawsuits in Baton Rouge and beyond are starting to tackle some of hurricane Katrina's toughest questions: How much money will flow to those who lost homes but hadn't bought flood insurance? ... or the federal government? Katrina and beyond Broader problems are also surfacing ...
Christian Science Monitor
9/22/2005
Damaged Canals Sealed Off
By Scott Gold, Nicole Gaouette and Ann M. ... that New Orleans' levees were so weakened by Katrina that they could be overrun by even a peripheral ... the worst levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina and were largely to blame ...
Los Angeles Times
9/22/2005
Oil and Gas Prices Rise Again as Rita Approaches Texas Coast
Houston, the nation's energy epicenter, emptied of people as businesses from large oil refineries to small stores shut down in anticipation of Hurricane Rita. Skip to next paragraph Rita and Katrina Have Shut 23 Percent of U.S. ... Corpus Christi.Still recovering from Hurricane Katrina, energy companies shut down as ...
New York Times
9/22/2005
Spending cuts unlikely to finance much hurricane relief
By Andrew Taylor ASSOCIATED PRESS 11:12 a.m. ... if they're going to use spending cuts to defray the cost of Hurricane Katrina rescue and recovery efforts ... still tabulating the cost of hurricane recovery to help decide where to ...
SignOn San Diego
9/22/2005
Evacuation essentials, 10 p.m. ET
... is emptying out as people evacuate ahead of Hurricane Rita. We'll look at the essentials evacuees ... to avoid mistakes linked to Hurricane Katrina in their emergency response plans ...
CNN
9/22/2005
Administration says deficit reduction goals will not be derailed by Katrina rebuilding costs
By Martin Crutsinger ASSOCIATED PRESS 2:10 a.m. ... dollars are being spent to recover from Hurricane Katrina, the Bush administration wants the world to know ... have been spurred by Katrina and Hurricane Rita, which is now churning ...
SignOn San Diego
9/22/2005





