Hurricane Ian appears to have spared the US Gulf Coast oil refineries!
Hurricane Ian that is about to batter the west coast of Florida appears to have spared the major US oil refineries along the Gulf Coast, although the inhabitants of the southern state of the US are not out of the woods. Hurricane Ian that grew into a Category 3 storm - the highest is Category 5 - while moving over the tropical island, Cuba, will make landfall in Florida today, with mandatory evacuation orders in certain parts are in place. The path of the hurricane, taken from a very reliable model, shows it is turning towards Florida, deviating from the path that forecasters initially thought it would take. In response, some refineries took cautionary measures to shut down the refineries and oil facilities, fearing a direct hit. Fortunately, Hurricane Ian has bent northeast while sparing the oil facilities in question; in September, last year, the oil refineries along the US Gulf coast took a direct hit from Tropical Storm Nicholas that resulted in chaos in the supply chain in the