at how quickly that could spill over into a lot of goods like we saw in the 70s or late 70s. are we revisiting that? i might have to wear my leisure suit. the people i have been speaking to in wisconsin about high gasoline prices are saying the opposite, that this is not good for them. not good for their pocketbook. they only pay trivia to the troops but if you look at the gasoline prices, this is one of the states that had the pleasure of not being $3 a gallon for a long time but even here we are hanging around $2.99 and now $3.04, as high as $3.14 here and this is an important area for the country.
more than 95% of the gulf of mexico oil production shut down in the base of the largest storms to ever land here. six refineries in the new orleans areas shut down. about 1.7 million barrels a day. three refineries in the baton rouge area including exxon scaled back. disruption could mean higher gas prices for drivers. gas prices rose 46 cents the week after hurricane katrina hit in 2005. they stayed high for two months. today the average gallon is $3.14. happening in the backdrop of this monster storm, of course, is covid. now dr. anthony fauci lending his support for vaccine mandates in schools. he acknowledges there s going to be strong pushback but the nation s top infectious disease specialist said the benefit to risk ratio makes it a no brainer. i believe that mandating vaccines for children to appear in school is a good idea. this is not something new. we have mandates in many places
reporter: juan bravo is in charge of revenue at the w hllywood, he says the entire industry is struggling to hire back employees laid off during the pandemic. we are running hotels at 100% speed with 60% or 70% of the staff. we saw a lot of people in the du alternate career paths. reporter: travel across the united states is booming and busting wallets.ter: gas is gas is averaging $3.14 a gallon, the highest it s been since 2014 in some cities, it s over $5 per gallon, rental car rates are up 86%, and air travel. you have airfares going up at the rate of 10% a week. there are some coach airfares in this country now that are actually more expensive than business class fares going to europe. reporter: cbs news senior travel advisor peter greenberg says travelers are also dealing with overbooked and canceled flights. it s a perfect storm of bad planning, staff shortages, and pent-up demand roaring back earlier than anybody thought. put those three things together,