When is isaac supposed to make landfall

CBS News correspondent Rebecca Jarvis reports Isaac could lead to an increase in gas prices between 5 cents and 10 cents in the next week. More than 40 percent of U. Many refineries are either shut down or are considering whether to stop production until the storm passes, Jarvis reports.

Gas supplies are already 4 percent lower than normal this year because of the closure of six other refineries earlier this month. In Tampa, Fla. Possibilities include canceling more sessions, which was done on Monday when the storm was near Tampa, or only having Mitt Romney address Americans after being named the party's presidential nominee, Schieffer reports.

In Washington, President Obama urged Gulf Coast residents to listen to local authorities , saying in brief remarks at the White House that "now is not the time to tempt fate. There was already simmering political fallout. Republican Gov. Jindal said he wanted a promise from the federal government to be reimbursed for storm preparation costs. You've got to push the federal bureaucracy," Jindal said.

Joseph said he was trapped in the city for several days after Katrina and helped neighbors escape the floodwaters. It's going to take a lot more to run me. I know how to survive," he said. Maureen's son, Bob McDonald, said the group considered canceling the trip, but the thought passed quickly. As they walked through the French Quarter Tuesday morning, they took pictures of media trucks parked near Bourbon Street and businesses boarding up windows.

Summed up her decision to leave her home on the coast for her father's home in Red Level, Ala. Those concerns were reinforced by local officials, who imposed curfews in Harrison, Hancock and Jackson counties.

The Mississippi Gaming Commission on Tuesday ordered the closing of all coast casinos, which are on or near the water. All along U.

The Mississippi Sound, protected by barrier islands, is often as still as a lake, but Isaac began stirring breakers before dawn, as it pumped a storm tide toward the coast. Police struggled to clear public piers where water was lapping at the boards, and resorted to bullhorns to try to get sightseers to leave the beach. But people were still coming down to the edge to take a look around 2 p.

The year-old hardware store only had one wall standing after Katrina, but was rebuilt as part of a small shopping center in the western Harrison County town, where well-off New Orleanians have long maintained grand beach homes.

Ladner said business was strong from 8 a. Business dried up quickly at midday. Customers said they were staying, Ladner said, even though all of Pass Christian was included in a mandatory evacuation order that began at noon. And in Theodore, Ala. Charlotte McCrary, 41, had spent the night in the shelter along with her husband Bryan and their two sons, 3-year-old Tristan and 1-year-old Gabriel.

Charlotte McCrary said she spent a year living in a FEMA trailer after Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed her home, and said she still hasn't gotten back to the same place where she was seven years ago.

She said memories of that time influenced her decision go to the shelter. Please enter email address to continue. The floodgate that closed on Tuesday is 26 feet high and 1. Bernard Parish. Most of the Lower Ninth, still scarred by the devastation of Katrina, was deserted on Tuesday.

Authorities have urged thousands of residents in low-lying areas to leave, warning that the storm could flood towns and cities in Mississippi and Alabama, as well as Louisiana, with a storm surge of up to 12 feet.

Rainfall accumulations, potentially totaling as much as 20 inches in some areas, could also trigger widespread flooding. Isaac was not forecast to strengthen beyond a Category 1 hurricane, the lowest on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.

Its top projected winds were about 80 mph. In the French Quarter, most businesses were closed and boarded up on Tuesday, while a handful of workers piled sandbags along doorways. Police and military vehicles were parked throughout the neighborhood. With more than 90 percent of offshore U. Intense hurricanes such as Katrina -- which took out 4. The U. Louisiana usually processes more than 3 million barrels per day of crude into products like gasoline.

Although no damage to offshore installation had been reported, some energy experts said the sweeping disruption of oil production, refineries and key import terminals could make it more likely the U.

A release, which had previously been under consideration, is still on the table, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Tuesday. Isaac killed at least 23 people and caused significant flooding and damage in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before skirting the southern tip of Florida on Sunday. Commodities Updated. Wiser, better prepared New Orleans residents hunker down for Isaac.