Maybe this is a little wake up call to those Americans who still believe we shouldn't try to produce more oil here and not be so dependant on foreign oil. Maybe if we had drilled in Alaska (like Bush WANTED TO) we wouldn't be in this situation with needing the refineries in the gulf of Mexico. We need to start drilling more HERE and not just Alaska (but that's a good start) We need to be less dependant on others.

This is what happens when you don't leave room for situations that are out of our control (weather). When you leave yourself no room for error and it happens this is what we are left with.