Iko Hurricane Ike Yakagadziriswa neUnited Economy
Ike yaiva dutu guru rechinomwe rinotyisa kukurova muUnited States. Zvose zvivako zvakashata kuTexas, Louisiana, uye Arkansas zvaive $ 34.8 mabhiriyoni .
Zvimwe zvakashata kuCuba, kuBahamas nedzimwe zviwi zveCaribbean zvakasimudzira kurasikirwa kusvika $ 37.6 mabhiriyoni.
Mhou dzakatasva dzakarasikirwa nemhuka 4 000. Vashandi vanopfuura 11 000 vakava vasina basa nekuda kwekurasikirwa kwebhizimisi (Source: Robbie Berg, National Hurricane Center, January 23, 2009. "$ 6 Billion Dutu?" USA Nhasi, September 19, 2008.)
Ike Damaged the Seafood Industry
Ike akatanga kuuya kumhenderekedzo pedyo negungwa reGalveston Bay, mugadziri wemamiriyoni gumi nemashanu pounds emahombekombe egungwa gore negore. T takaisa dongo kubva pasi reGulf of Mexico pa shrimp uye oyster trawlers iyo haina kuisa pachena kuparadza. Vaya vafambisi vanogona kushanda havazowani zvakawanda zvokukohwa. Ike yakauraya Louisiana neTexas oyster reefs, uko inopfuura hafu yei oysters inotengeswa kumabvazuva kweU.SU. Izvi zvakagadzirisa mamiriyoni $ 100 mamiriyoni emajeri munzvimbo iyoyo. Mahombekombe eRondonana $ 2.6 mabhiriyoni ezvokudya zvegungwa zvakasimbirira kusvika $ 300 mamiriyoni mukurasikirwa kwechikwata chekubvongodza kaviri kweEngoro Gustav naIke.
Ike's Impact paMafuta eMafuta
Ike yakakanganisa mapaipi muGulf yeMexico uye yakaparadza 10 Gulf offshore mafuta rigs, ayo akavharwa sezvakanga ari ose 22 Texas-based-based oil refineries. Iyi chikamu cheTexas chinotora chikamu chechina cheUnited oil chisina kuchena uye kugadzirwa kwekunatsa.
Hurricanes Katrina uye Rita vakaparadza 113 kumahombekombe egungwa nemafuta mapurisa, vakavhiringidza 457 mafuta nemafuta emagetsi, uye vakaputira mafuta akadaro seExx Valdez .
Dutu guru Katrina rakakonzera 19% yemafuta ekuUnited States, zvichiita kuti mutengo wemafuta uwedzere $ 3 mureza. Zvisinei, mutengo wemafuta hauna kuputika mukutarisana neEngururu Ike. Izvi zvinodaro nokuti mutengo wemafuta wakanga watova mukuderera, zvichienderana nezvatarisira zvehupfumi hwepasi rose uye kuguma kweUnited States yekufambisa kwegore.
Asi mutengo wegesi wakasimuka kusvika kune $ 5 neguroni, sezvo petrol yakagadziriswa yakanga yakaderera munzvimbo yacho kunyange chando chisati chaitika. Dhipatimendi reMagetsi rakapa mabhiriyoni mazana matatu emafuta kubva kuStategic Petroleum Reserve kuenda kunharaunda yacho.
Zvinodarika $ 1 trillion zvezvitoro zvekuchengetedza uye zvekugara zvinogara muEntrican Ike path. Inenge $ 70 mabhiriyoni iri pedyo nehombekombe, ine $ 900 mabhiriyoni inowedzera mukati. Kunyange zvazvo mhirizhonga inowanzorasikirwa nesimba iyo inopinda mukati maro, yakawanda yekukanganisa kwaIke yaiva nokuti yakanga ine nzira yakakura kwazvo. (Mhedziso: "Inosvika $ 1T yeimba yehupfumi muIke's path", Associated Press, Svondo 12, 2008.)