U.S. Typhoon, Dow Shutdown Device

Global Silicone Network on August 30 news:

Hurricane Laura made landfall early Monday in the southwest coastal area of Louisiana, us, with maximum winds of 240 km/h, according to several media reports.It was also the strongest storm to make landfall in the region in 150 years.

The storm killed at least four people and disrupted water and electricity supplies in western Louisiana, affecting about 800,000 people.Smoke billows as a chemical plant burns after being hit by Hurricane Laura, forcing residents to take shelter in their homes in Louisiana, US, August 27, 2008.The plant that caught fire is BioLab, a subsidiary of KIK Custom Products, based in Toronto, Canada, Platts reported.The factory produces chlorine-based disinfectants, detergents and other products for use in swimming pools and spa facilities.

The market has learned that Hurricane Laura will strengthen rapidly and make landfall as a category 3 hurricane on the Texas-Louisiana coast. Dow Chemical temporarily shut down 170,000 tons of aniline (MDI raw material plant) and 200,000 tons of nitrobenzene (nitrobenzene plant) per year in Texas.No word yet on the 340,000 tons a year MDI facility in Freeport, Texas.