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Gas pump nozzles sit idle in yellow 'out of service' bags at a service station damaged by Hurricane Ike on Nasa Parkway across the street from the Johnson Space Center
13 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Gas pump nozzles sit idle in yellow 'out of service' bags at a service station damaged by Hurricane Ike on Nasa Parkway across the street from the Johnson Space Center in Houston September 13, 2008. Hurricane Ike struck at the heart of the U.S. oil industry around Houston on Saturday, triggering the biggest disruption to nationwide energy supplies in at least three years and sending gasoline prices spiking higher at the pumps. REUTERS/Richard Carson (UNITED STATES)
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Local residents walk past the wreckage of boats washed against NASA Parkway near the Johnson Space Center by the storm surge and winds of Hurricane Ike in Houston September 13, 2008. ...


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