A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura's damage in this area of oil fields and industry
- Written by John Pardue, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University
Smoke billowed from the fire at a chlorine plant in Westlake, Louisiana, after Hurricane Laura moved through on Aug. 27. AP Photo/David J. PhillipHurricane Laura plowed through the heart of Louisiana’s oil and chemical industries as a powerful Category 4 storm, leaving a chlorine plant on fire and the potential for more hazardous damage in...