The oil price in new york crude oil futures market soared by 7% to $70 per barrel, a record high, which was directly related to the hurricane. Because refineries in the Gulf of Mexico account for 25% of the total oil production in the United States, many oil companies in the region closed offshore oil wells and refineries and evacuated a large number of employees due to the hurricane, which led to a sharp decrease in oil production in the region and the already high oil price continued to rise. White House officials say Bush may order the temporary use of some strategic oil reserves to ease tensions and provide relief to areas hit by hurricanes.

Experts have been warning that New Orleans has lost 6,543,800 acres of coastal wetlands in the past 70 years, which is a great loss, because wetlands are like a buffer zone, which can absorb a lot of seawater pushed to the coast by hurricanes. In addition, dams built around cities can not only stop floods, but also become tools to add fuel to the fire when hurricanes come. Because when the flood floods into the city, the dam makes the water have nowhere to escape, and the city is completely immersed in the water like a sinking ship.