production in the gulf and half of natural gas production. this could definitely put the breaks on gulf energy production. how much a pain at the pump depends on the lent of the evacuations. more than a brief interruption could send evacuation numbers up and it might even hurt refiners. would increase the cost of a fillup. even though brent crude oil has been falling, gas prices are high. triple-a says the average price per gallon is the second highest ever for labor day weekend. prices were only higher in 2008. now, history shows that production shutdowns from tropical storms have fueled temporary spikes in gas prices. we saw that with hurricanes alex and karl. tropical storm hermione and tropical depression five just last year. in 2008 there was a decline in production of 62 million-barrels of oil and 408 billion cubic feet of gas. and the hurricane season far