At least 20 oil rigs gone

On top of the human tragedy, reports from the Coast Guard are that at least 20 oil rigs are missing:

"We have confirmed at least 20 rigs or platforms missing, either sunk or adrift, and one confirmed fire where a rig was," Petty Officer Robert Reed of the Louisiana Coast Guard told AFP.

All of the missing rigs were in the Gulf of Mexico, Reed said citing Coast Guard overflights of the area and information from oil companies.

He could not confirm the location of the blaze but said it would "eventually burn out" and no fire-fighting intervention was needed.

This may be the cause of a spate of gas shortages popping up across the nation.

That's it. I'm biking to work from now on.