If there is one thing that is guaranteed to happen when these sorts of disasters occur, it is the proliferation of misinformed twaddle by people who really ought to know better.
There will obviously be some pain, however it will not affect all sectors of the industry- my loads have been high all week, and will continue to be so as long as businessmen need to travel. It is, of course, a different story in the leisure market.
Nobody really knows how this will turn out, it will probably take a month or so for it to become clear which way things will go. I suggest we all sit tight and wait a bit before making sweeping statements- some people may be making life decisions based on what they read here...