"Gas prices will drop like a rock"...

[haele]

9. There's currently a slowdown and fluctuation with the rise in gas prices

At least here in the San Diego region, but we're still looking about $1.20 higher a gallon at the cheaper stations and around $1.70 not a gallon at the average stations. from when the bombing started and the Strait closed.
I doubt it will go down more than 10 cents by November even if any compromise is made and the tankers can start leaving the Gulf next week.
And Grocery Prices are still going to continue to go up for the next two years, because this year's growing season has been utterly trashed.
This has been has been the most Gawdawfully apparent display of Rich Dick-wanking Ignorance in history, worse than the War of the Roses and WWI combined.
And we can blame it on the Wanna Be Plantation Owners/Inquisitors of the Heritage Foundation and their fellow travellers, who honestly believe the resulting famine, disease, and general misery will only be of benefit to them ...