The area of the oil has tripled in size the past three days with the strong south winds, and it looks gloomy for the beautiful islands of the northern Gulf. ;( - HLG
So - a question for the FWSAAB Oil Spill Expert - LP - some "scientists" have suggested to lay a sheen of oil on the ocean surface in front of an approaching hurricane - in order to reduce the heat flux transfer and weaken the storm. The question is "Is this oil spill likely to reduce hurricane impacts to the Gulf Coast this year?"
Another note - the oil droplets / oil vapors are being picked up by the high waves and strong winds off the coast and being transported inland. Don't be surprised if people start complaining about oil deposits all over the Gulf Coast in the next few days.
The most disturbing news I have seen today is that the estimates of how much oil has already spilled varies by an order of magnitude! The "official" NOAA numbers are about 1 million barrels, or so, but one Florida State oceanographer has a satellite based model that is estimating closer to 10 million barrels TO DATE, which is Exxon Valdeaz scale, but this is not the "middle-of-nowhere", like the Valdez was, but will impact many millions of people, in many different ways. There is not reliable estimate of when the flow will be cut-off, but the Blamer in Chief is happy to report it is all BP's fault, blah, blah, blah...
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So - a question for the FWSAAB Oil Spill Expert - LP - some "scientists" have suggested to lay a sheen of oil on the ocean surface in front of an approaching hurricane - in order to reduce the heat flux transfer and weaken the storm. The question is "Is this oil spill likely to reduce hurricane impacts to the Gulf Coast this year?"
Another note - the oil droplets / oil vapors are being picked up by the high waves and strong winds off the coast and being transported inland. Don't be surprised if people start complaining about oil deposits all over the Gulf Coast in the next few days.
Bali B
The most disturbing news I have seen today is that the estimates of how much oil has already spilled varies by an order of magnitude! The "official" NOAA numbers are about 1 million barrels, or so, but one Florida State oceanographer has a satellite based model that is estimating closer to 10 million barrels TO DATE, which is Exxon Valdeaz scale, but this is not the "middle-of-nowhere", like the Valdez was, but will impact many millions of people, in many different ways. There is not reliable estimate of when the flow will be cut-off, but the Blamer in Chief is happy to report it is all BP's fault, blah, blah, blah...
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