I think everybody's looking for gas to drop 20 cents a gallon. It's not going to do that. It's going to slowly go down as things get back to normal.

My dad, he had a stroke in the early 80s; it was 45 minutes before the ambulance got there,

Staying on the current alignment would have less impact on surrounding businesses and properties.

We will probably go through a week of escalated prices and tightened supplies, especially for independent brands. Then I think we will see it pass over.

I would think they would have to come down over time. How fast and how far depends on how much fear stays in the consumer marketplace. Panic buying spurs some of this.

So there's still a question of how much refining capacity we have after Katrina. The issue right now is how much damage was sustained.