I-Hurricane Ike yachaphazela njani uqoqosho lwe-US
Ike yayisiphepho sesixhenxe esona xabiso kakhulu sokubetha eMelika. Umonakalo wendawo yonke e-Texas, eLouasana nase-Arkansas kwakuyi-$ 34.8 yezigidigidi .
Umonakalo owongezelelweyo eCuba, eBahamas nakwezinye iziqithi zaseCaribbean kwandise ilahleko kwi $ 37.6 billion.
Iindwendwe zenkomo zazilahlekelwa izilwanyana ezingama-4 000. Abasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-11 000 baqeshwe ngenxa yokulahlekelwa kwamashishini. (Umthombo: URobbie Berg, iZiko leNkqayqwa kaZwelonke, uJanuwari 23, 2009. "I-$ 6 Billion Storm?" I-USA namhlanje, ngoSeptemba 19, 2008.)
Ike Yonakaliswe kwiShishini lokuLwandle
U-Ike wafika kuqala emanxwemeni kufuphi neGalveston Bay, umvelisi wezigidigidi ezili-15 zezilwanyana zaselwandle ngonyaka. I-debris ilahlekile ukusuka kumgangatho weGulf of Mexico kwi-shrimp kunye ne-oyster trawlers engazange ichithe. Abo baqhubi abanokusebenza abanakufumana ezininzi ukuvuna. UIke wabulala amaReefs aseLouisana naseTexas oyster, apho ngaphezu kwehafu yeeysters ezithengiswa eMpuma ye-US. Oku kubuyiselwa imali ye-oyster yezigidi eziyi-100 kuloo ndawo. I-Louisiana i-$ 2.6 yezigidi zeebhantshi zorhwebo zasemanzini zahlala zifikelela kuma-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-300 kwiilahleko kwi-punch double-knockout yeeNkantyambo zikaGustav no-Ike.
Impembelelo ka-Ike kwiShishini se-oyile
Ike ephazamise iipayipi kwiGulf of Mexico kwaye yabhubhisa ezili-10 ze-Gulf, ezenziwe zivaliwe njengoko zizonke ii-22 zokuncedisa ii-oli-based ase-Texas. Le nxalenye yaseTexas ihlala kwikota ye-oil engcolileyo kunye ne-refinery production.
Iintshukumo zikaKatrina noRita zonakalisa i-113 i-oilshots and gas platforms, zonakaliswe i-oli ye-457 kunye neepetroli ze-gas, zaza zachitha i-oli e- Exxon Valdez .
Iqhwithi uKatrina yachaphazela ukuveliswa kwamafutha e-19% e-US, okubangela ukuba ixabiso leoli likhuphuke i-$ 3 ngomgqomo. Nangona kunjalo, amaxabiso eoli ayengabonakaliyo ngokuphendula kwiNkantyambo Ike. Kungenxa yokuba amaxabiso eoli ayesele ehla, ngenxa yokulindela koqoqosho lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokuphela kwexesha lase-United States lokuqhuba ihlobo.
Kodwa ixabiso legesi liye laphakama kangangokuba i-$ 5 i-gallon, ekubeni i-petroleum inventories yayingaphantsi kuloo ndawo ngaphambi kokuba iqhume litshathwe. ISebe leMandla lanikezele iibhola ezingama-300 000 zeoli kwiSicwangciso sePetroleum Reserve ukuya kwindawo.
Ingaphezulu kwe-1 trillion yeevenkile zentengiso kunye neendawo zokuhlala zihlala kwiNdlela yeHlabathi ye-Ike. Phantse iibhiliyoni ezingama-70 zezigidi ezikufuphi ngaselunxwemeni, i-$ 900 yezigidigidi zihlala ngaphesheya. Nangona iziphepheko zivame ukulahlekelwa amandla ngaphezulu kweendawo ezihamba kuzo, ininzi yemonakalo ka-Ike yinto yokuba yayinomzila omkhulu kakhulu. (Umthombo: "Phantse i-1T yepropati e-insured kwindlela ka-Ike", i-Associated Press, ngoSeptemba 12, 2008.)