Pink Elephant--AMEN! I agree completely with your post. The deluge and tornados have spurred the ARK building business, but not necessarily contributed to good drilling/producing conditions. The local roads are flooded...up to 6' at some low water crossings...even if they are able to produce oil under these conditions, I'm not sure they could get it to the market. If the flooding persists, and their storage tanks filled, they would have no alternative but to temporarily shut down the pumps until the tanks could be downloaded on to a truck and sold. There certainly is no drilling going on under these conditions...not even a 4 wheel, light weight truck or jeep can get through the mud that's there now.
But...all of those things are very temporary. Planning goes on, selling goes on, buying leases goes on...and the sun will rise tomorrow!
Just my thoughts,
xtrapink