[weatherguru18]

$4.14 in Cypress (NW Houston). Here in College Station, we are hovering between $3.79 and $3.99. As a meteorologist, I can tell you that one blasted storm in the Gulf and you'll be paying $5-$6 dollars a gallon. One strike of a Category 4 or 5 hurricane on Houston and you can change that to $8-$10 a gallon. One quarter of our nation's refining capacity is located here. A reasonable comparison would be NYC and banking.

The season looks to be very busy too. Unfortunately, even the threat of a storm now-a-days will send prices soaring. It's nothing but fear mongering amongst the giants who will do everything they can to hoodwink us. We've had hurricanes for decades and they've never sent prices soaring because of a storm until recently. Though it's sad when people die and people's homes are destroyed, I'm tempted to say the real tragedy is what happens to everybody else with prices. It's not just gas that goes up, that just initiates it.