I-ATLANTA–Ngokuphazamisa ukuhamba nokubuya e-Gulf Coast, iSiphepho u-Gustav sinqabele imboni yezindiza imali ethile ebalulekile ngempelasonto yeholide yoSuku Lwabasebenzi.
UGustav bekulindeleke ukuthi abize ezokuvakasha, imishwalense kanye nezinsiza. Nakuba ukulinganisa ukulahlekelwa kule mikhakha - kanye nengqalasizinda yamandla yesifunda - kuzoba nzima kuze kube yilapho isiphepho esenze i-US landfall ngoMsombuluko sivunguza, izinkomba zakuqala ziphakamisa ukuthi umthelela awuzange ube mubi kakhulu njengoba kwenzeka ngemuva kweSiphepho uKatrina, esagadla eminyakeni emithathu edlule.
Abanye abathengisi baseGulf Coast nezinkampani zokwakha kungenzeka babone ukukhula okusesilinganisweni kwebhizinisi.
“Ngemuva kwesiphepho, lapho usizo lukahulumeni lugeleza kakhulu, luvame ukuba nomthelela omuhle ekukhuleni komnotho, ngoba manje sisebenzisa izindodla zemali ukwakha kabusha, ugu, ngezindlela ebezingeke zisetshenziswe ukube babe nesiphepho, ”kusho uJoel Naroff, umongameli weNaroff Economic Advisors eHolland, Pa.,.
Ezinye izibukeli beziphefumula ngokuthi isiphepho siye saba buthaka njengoba sifika ogwini eningizimu yeLouisiana, sigwema ukushayisana neNew Orleans ethandwa yizikhukhula futhi kukhulisa ithemba lokuthi idolobha lizogwema izikhukhula eziyinhlekelele.
Kepha isimo sezulu besinzima ngokwanele ukuphoqa ukuhoxiswa kwezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-135 ukuya nokubuya ezikhumulweni zezindiza eLouisiana, Mississippi nase-Alabama.
"Kuzoba yimpumelelo enkulu ezinkampanini zezindiza ngoSepthemba," kusho okhulumela i-AirTran Airways uTad Hutcheson. “Imvamisa kuba yinyanga enzima. Okuwukuphela kwendawo ekhanyayo yimpelasonto yoSuku Lwabasebenzi. Lezo bekuyizindiza ezigcwele obekumele sizikhansele.”
I-AirTran ikhansele izindiza ezingu-23 ngoMsombuluko ngenxa yesiphepho, ngenkathi i-Delta Air Lines ikhanseliwe ezingu-21, i-Continental Airlines ikhansele i-28 kanye ne-Southwest Airlines ikhansele ezingu-65. ukwazi ukuqala kabusha e-Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
Izinkampani zezindiza bezibuyisela imali noma zihlela kabusha abagibeli abathintekile kwezinye izindiza. Abaningi bebeyekisa izindleko kumakhasimende enze izinguquko zendiza ngenxa yesiphepho.
URobert Hartwig, umongameli kanye nesazi sezomnotho e-Insurance Information Institute, uthe ukukhokhwa komshwalense cishe ngeke kube phezulu kunalabo abahlaselwe yiZiphepho uKatrina noma uRita ngo-2005.
"Kuzoba nezinkulungwane zezicelo, kuzoba nokulahlekelwa komshwalense, kodwa zizolawuleka ngezinsiza imboni yomshuwalense ezimele enazo," esho. Isifunda kungenzeka sinciphise umonakalo ngokufaka amakhodi okwakha aqinile, ukuqinisa uphahla nokuphakamisa izakhiwo ngokusekelwe ezifundweni ezitholwe ku-Katrina.
"ILouisiana kanye nengxenye enkulu yeGulf Coast ichithe iminyaka emithathu yokugcina iqinisa ukuzivikela kwayo ngesiphepho esilandelayo," esho.
UHartwig wengeze ngokuthi inani elincishisiwe labantu baseNew Orleans kanye nezindawo ezizungezile nazo zinganciphisa izinkokhelo zomshwalense, ezihlanganisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-41 ekulahlekeni komshwalense wangasese ezimangalweni eziyizigidi eziyi-1.7 ezivela kuKatrina.
Ezinsukwini zamuva nje, izinkampani zikawoyela zavala cishe wonke ukukhiqizwa kukawoyela negesi yemvelo eGulf, futhi usongo lwesiphepho lwamisa cishe amaphesenti angu-15 omthamo wokucwenga wesizwe ozinze esifundeni. Noma yimuphi umonakalo ongathi sína ezisekelweni zikawoyela kanye nezinsimbi noma ukuphazamiseka kokucwengwa kwesikhathi eside kungase kubangele ukukhuphuka kwezintengo zamandla.
I-Eqecat Inc., inkampani ekhombisa ubungozi, iveze ukuthi uMsombuluko uGustav uzokhipha amandla cishe amaphesenti ama-5 wokukhiqiza uwoyela negesi yemvelo ngonyaka olandelayo.
Ntambama e-Europe, ukukhanya, okuluhlaza okuluhlaza ngokulethwa kuka-Okthoba kwehle ngo-$4.21 kuya ku-$111.25 umphongolo ekuhwebeni nge-electronic ku-New York Mercantile Exchange.
"Okwamanje, izimakethe (zikawoyela) ziyawehlisa noma zikholelwa ukuthi isimo sokufunwa kwempahla siwukuthi izimakethe zizokwazi ukubhekana nanoma yikuphi ukuphazamiseka kwesikhathi esifushane okungenzeka," kusho uNaroff, isazi sezomnotho.
Amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu asala engenawo amandla ngenxa yesiphepho. Izindleko zokulungisa izintambo zikagesi ezehlisiwe zazizoba nesisindo kubahlinzeki bezinsiza. Emkhakheni wezokuthutha, ukuphazamiseka okuhlobene noGustav kufike ngesikhathi esimatasa.
Ngenxa yesiphepho, i-Amtrak yamisa isevisi emizileni embalwa eningizimu ye-Atlanta, empumalanga yeSan Antonio nasendaweni yaseNew Orleans. Enye insizakalo ethintekile bekulindelekile ukuthi iqale futhi kuze kube uLwesine.
"Siveze ukuthi sizokwenyuka ngamaphesenti ayi-10 kuzwelonke ngalolu suku lwabasebenzi uma kuqhathaniswa noSuku lwaBasebenzi olwedlule," kusho okhulumela i-Amtrak uMarc Magliari. "Umbuzo uthi izinsuku ezintathu noma ezine zokukhanselwa zizokwehlisa malini?"
Ngenxa yalapho uGustav efike khona, izindawo zokungcebeleka zasogwini lwase-Alabama, i-bayous kanye ne-port city zibonakale zivika umonakalo omkhulu. E-Orange Beach, indawo yokungcebeleka yase-Baldwin County lapho abafuduki base-Louisiana babalekele khona ngobuningi babo, umoya ovunguzayo ushaya izihlahla zesundu nezigxobo ezilula, kodwa akubangakho zimpawu zesikhukhula esikhulu.
