Floppy, It's my understanding that gulf water temps drop the closer you get to the coast. Warm waters act like fuel to feed the storm.
My wife and I as well as all our friends all filled up yesterday morning @ $2.69 a gal. Its rumored that the prices will hit $4.69 a gal. today.
I just heard a bit of a story (on Fox news) that said a bus filled with evacuees had exploded in Dallas.