Tropical storm Fay, expected to strike Florida this week, is unlikely to affect US oil and gas production areas in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm has killed more than 50 people in the Caribbean.
? www.france24.com/en/20080816-tropical-storm-fay-threat-cuba-florida-floods-haiti-dominican-republic

This extract from France24? just about sums up the European view of the US psyche.? Never mind, 50 people have been killed in the Carribean but our oil and petrol production will be OK.? What price a human life compared to a barrel of oil?