As severe weather systems move into the Gulf of Mexico and threaten oil and gas production facilities and drilling rigs, operators begin the process of shutting-in production and evacuating personnel from the offshore facilities and rigs. The BSEE Gulf Region Hurricane Response Team is activated and monitors and reports production shut-in and evacuations that have taken place daily. These activity statistics updates are posted on the web site at 2:00 p.m. EDT each day during the storm event.