Energy: Gulf roar.

Also: Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Africa, Russia, Hungary, Thailand and the South China Sea.

The Gulf Stream, Winslow Homer, 1899, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

ENERGY. Gulf roar.

Hurricanes, strikes and conflict make for a potent blend.

The US National Hurricane Center warned Monday of a system developing in the Gulf of Mexico alongside five more in the Atlantic. Workers at an Australian gas plant threatened to strike, send…