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Six more months of gasoline pain? (CNN Money)
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman has told a newspaper that consumers can expect to see at least six months of high gasoline and heating fuel prices until energy production recovers from hurricane damage.

Review finds damage factors after Hurricane Katrina (Corvallis Gazette Times)
GULFPORT, Miss. A few more nails and extra bolts could have made a big difference for some homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane damage leaves utility workers in tent cities (WOAI)
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) - Many of the thousands of utility workers sent in to help restore power in Southeast Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita are having to live in tent cities, something they say makes their already arduous task more difficult.

Hurricane damage leaves utility workers in tent cities (KVIA)
PORT ARTHUR, Texas Many of the thousands of utility workers sent to Southeast Texas to help restore power after Hurricane Rita are having to live in tent cities.

Storms drive up shipping costs (CNN Money)
Hurricane damage to Gulf Coast ports is driving up shipping costs, which in turn could further slow the nation's economic growth, according to a published report.

Plan for Coastal Drilling Emerges (Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON Citing hurricane damage to the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico, key lawmakers are trying to relax a decades-old federal ban on new drilling off California and the Atlantic Seaboard and to encourage energy prospecting in the Rocky Mountains.

BellSouth learning lessons from hurricane (BizJournals)
As BellSouth Corp. scrambles to repair hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to its infrastructure as a result of Hurricane Katrina, the company is examining how to minimize damage for the next natural disaster.

Pipeline firm Enbridge says hurricane Rita may cut earnings by $5M (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
CALGARY (CP) - Enbridge Inc. said Monday its operations in the U.S. Gulf Coast region suffered little damage from hurricane Rita.

Construction Played Role in Storm Damage (AP via Yahoo! News)
A few more nails and extra bolts could have made a big difference for some homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Sky-high price of jet fuel forces canceled flights (USA Today)
Hurricane damage to oil refineries has sent jet fuel prices to alarming new highs, prompting one airline to cancel some flights. Airlines are getting whipsawed at the fuel pump by crude oil prices hovering around $66 a barrel.