Ike Toll Mounts - and Ike's potential toll looking ominous

NVDL: Have a look below for current death tolls of this season's hurricanes.

Texas is home to 26 refineries that account for one-fourth of U.S. refining capacity, and most are clustered along the Gulf Coast in such places as Houston, Port Arthur and Corpus Christi. Exxon Mobil Corp.'s plant in Baytown, outside Houston, is the nation's largest refinery. Dow Chemical has a huge operation just north of Corpus Christi.

Refineries are built to withstand high winds, but flooding can disrupt operations and — as happened in Louisiana after Hurricane Gustav — power outages can shut down equipment for days or weeks. An extended shutdown could lead to higher gasoline prices. - MSNBC.com

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com Hurricane season Atlantic storm deaths So far this year, 413 people are known to have died in Atlantic storms, mostly due to floods and mudslides: Arthur, 7: 5 in Belize, 2 in Honduras. Dolly, 2: 1 in Mexico, 1 in Florida. Fay, 27: 15 in Florida, 9 in Haiti, 3 in the Dominican Republic. Gustav, 122: 76 in Haiti, 26 in the U.S. (19 in Louisiana, 4 in Georgia, 3 in Mississippi), 12 in Jamaica, 8 in the Dominican Republic. Hanna, 175: 172 in Haiti, 2 in Puerto Rico, 1 in the Dominican Republic. Ike, 80: 74 in Haiti, 4 in Cuba, 2 in the Dominican Republic. Note: Totals are based on official figures released by each government. Florida figures includes deaths indirectly caused by storms.