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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

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Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Harvey hit Houston on Friday evening, August 25, and hung over the metro area for days, dumping more than 50 inches of rain on Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana. It could take months.

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Hurricane Winds and Flooding Expected in Houston

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Hurricane Harvey is expected to hit South Texas, including Houston and the Gulf Coast, tonight or tomorrow morning, and it may remain in place for days. Harvey will be the first major hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. in almost 12 years. This could be one of the worst weather-related disasters in recent history. Hurricane Harvey 2017.

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The American Red Cross: A New SCRC Partner Company Engages the Influence Model!

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This was at the request of my good friend, Tom Nash, who I have known since 2000, when he was an IT Sourcing executive at Shell Oil in Houston. The model was originally published in their 2005 book, “Influence Without Authority.” Cohen and David L. Bradford, both leadership experts and distinguished professors.

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Inbound Rates Rise for Louisiana Flood Relief

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New Orleans itself is not flooded, as it was during and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, so trucks may be staging in NOLA for short hauls into the flood zone. This tells us that there is not as much freight being staged in Houston, beyond the usual traffic on that lane.

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2017 Hurricanes: A Katrina Deja Vu

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Around this time of the year in 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the United States and left 1,800 people dead and more than a million displaced in the Gulf Coast region. It also destroying over 200,000 homes in New Orleans. Similar to Hurricane Harvey , Katrina also impacted the Gulf of Mexico before hitting the United States.

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Van Rates Fall 3¢, in Mid-Winter Slump

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That's the lowest price since 2005, and it's still dropping. Rates rose for high-volume lanes originating in Denver , Houston and Atlanta , but outbound rates declined in Chicago and Philadelphia. Even if the peak is delayed until June, which is more typical, we could see a bump in March. Diesel barely costs more than $2.00

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2017 in Review: Disruptions Drive Rates Up

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We haven't seen three consecutive quarters of 3% GDP growth since 2005. Hurricane Harvey had the biggest impact on freight because Houston is a nexus for rail and sea traffic as well as trucking. The economy is growing faster than it has in more than a decade, with year-over-year increases above 3% in the U.S.