Katrina waves reach local economic shores
Hurricane Katrina’s pastures little wind the Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, or charter boat by Ray Davis’ business has suffered a goal full of monsters storm.
“I had several large groups of North Carolina and Georgia, abandoned because they feared they did not find enough fuel to return home,” said Davis, owner of anesthesia Dive Charters of the Riviera Beach Municipal Marina.
On the day of the cancellation of work provide an example of what Katrina’s waves are pressure by the lapping of the economy.
Some economists fear that the storm - a hub crippled the oil industry and the nation entered into a lebendigstem ports of New Orleans - push the economy into a recession.
The most obvious is the effect of the pump where the average price of a regular gas in Palm Beach County rose from $ 2.65 per gallon before the storm to $ 3 last week, oil prices service ‘information.
But the pump is not the only place where consumers feel the field of Katrina’s Pain. Total energy costs increase, and experts expect price increases, which is of tariffs and materials coffee and cereals.
In preparation for the winter season, charter boat captain Davis worry about rising fuel costs - and not only for his boat, but also for its customers, scuba diving.
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