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Hurricane Earl May Affect U.S. East Coast This Week

Bloomberg -- The U.S. East Coast has three days to get ready for a possible strike by Hurricane Earl, which has delayed flights in the Caribbean and halted ship loading at a refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Earl strengthened today to a Category 3 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale with winds of 125 miles (200 kilometers) per hour about 120 miles east-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 3 p.m. New York time, according to a National Hurricane Center advisory. Earl is the season’s second major hurricane.

Earl’s projected track runs parallel to the East Coast. The storm may strike land anywhere from North Carolina northward, said Rick Knabb, hurricane expert for the Weather Channel in Atlanta.

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Submitted Aug 30, 2010 By: wiskow

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wiskow Champion Author San Diego Posts:5,766 Points:1,029,675 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 1:35:53 AM Ignore wiskow Report Abuse Jeff4U, of course, you're right. Unfortunately, speculators seem to be able to twist something like this into a reason to raise prices. That's the reason I posted the article in the first place. MidNJ, now that's a rumor that I'd like to see come true! ;)
MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:4,628 Points:739,595 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 12:05:28 AM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse The rumor I heard is the price of a barrel of crude is going down to about $10 a barrel.
Jeff4U Champion Author Atlanta Posts:5,963 Points:1,385,630 Joined:Nov 2004	Message Posted: Aug 31, 2010 12:04:06 AM Ignore Jeff4U Report Abuse Earl has no significance whatsoever to oil/gas prices, and isn't worth mentioning, as it will be hundreds of miles off the eastern seaboard.
Vette1967 Champion Author Albany Posts:3,654 Points:815,950 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 11:29:46 PM Ignore Vette1967 Report Abuse Oh boy...I can feel a gas price increase coming.
graceman Champion Author Baltimore Posts:3,230 Points:819,140 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 11:05:25 PM Ignore graceman Report Abuse Another excuse to raise taxes!
sdslim Champion Author Florida Posts:1,218 Points:1,329,775 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 11:02:20 PM Ignore sdslim Report Abuse Will this affect our future price?
playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:5,906 Points:1,092,475 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 10:11:13 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse Good thing my work friends just got back from the Bahamas. Great place to Vacation, Not a good place to be stuck.
BMW2014 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,794 Points:364,300 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 8:48:30 PM Ignore BMW2014 Report Abuse Probably this is the sign of autumn.
NHLiveFree Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:7,205 Points:1,170,885 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 8:31:03 PM Ignore NHLiveFree Report Abuse Hello Earl. We need your rain here in New England. Hope some floods or twisters head your way epf!!!
epf Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:3,948 Points:1,426,280 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 8:10:03 PM Ignore epf Report Abuse Way up the coast,like New England
NekoSJG Champion Author San Jose Posts:3,230 Points:570,805 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 8:05:31 PM Ignore NekoSJG Report Abuse It's interesting to watch gas prices spike - sad that it happens though.
kag2010 Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:2,894 Points:561,410 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 5:19:11 PM Ignore kag2010 Report Abuse keep safe
Bussman Champion Author Dallas Posts:3,864 Points:992,595 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2010 5:15:40 PM Ignore Bussman Report Abuse Katie bar the doors!