The Energy Report: Heartbreaking – Investing.com

The Energy Report: Heartbreaking – Investing.com

Today, like many Americans, I feel anger, sorrow, pain over the deaths of 13 American servicemen as well as many innocent men, women and children of Afghanistan that were killed or injured in the bomb blast yesterday. Right now, it would be so easy to lash out and assign blame, but today is not that day. Today should be a day of prayer. Prayer for the families of those who lost their lives and prayers of protection for those that are still in harm’s way. Please pray that we can get the rest of the Americans and the Afghanis that helped us out of there safely with no more loss of life.

We should also pray a prayer of protection from what could be a devastating hurricane that could be on the same track as hurricane Katrina. Tropical storm Ida has the potential to become a major hurricane, potentially a category 3. Oil platforms are already shutting down. Reports are stating that BP (NYSE:) evacuated four oil production platforms and shut down U.S. Gulf of Mexico production. The storm will also slow down petroleum and exports and imports as well. Gulf of Mexico offshore wells account for 17% of U.S. crude