Fadel Gheit Hurricane Quotations

The infrastructure was already strained before the hurricane. The hurricane has made a bad situation worse.

The hurricane impact significantly exceeded everybody's highest estimate. Being in the Gulf of Mexico and being in the path of the hurricanes, there's nothing you can do about that.

The hurricane might not have to damage refineries to keep them off line.

The damage from Hurricane Rita has been significantly underreported,

The damage from Hurricane Rita has been significantly under-reported.

There isn't enough spare refining capacity around to offset these unpredictable events, ... We were stretched before the hurricane; the hurricane made a bad situation worse.