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Alex Moves Across Mexico, Headed For Gulf And Hurricane Status
June 27, 2010
Tropical Storm Alex, the first tropical system of the Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico Saturday night and headed for the Gulf of Mexico by Sunday night. The storm is expected to gain hurricane status by Tuesday.
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If the storm approaches the Deepwater Horizon oil spill location, workers will be forced to abandon efforts to contain the leak and clean up the existing surface oil.
Officials are in the process of replacing the current, rigid well containment and oil collection system with another that is more flexible. Though that will allow them to collect more oil, it does not help in the event of bad weather. In the event of a storm, the recovery vessels and their crews will have to detach themselves from the collection system, leaving the oil free to spew into the gulf again.
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6 Responses to “Alex Moves Across Mexico, Headed For Gulf And Hurricane Status”
mel
this is not a good time to joke about the weather
or do you live with moma
Just think: in a hurricane all air flow is toward the eye of the hurricane.
Now imagine all oil floating on the surface within the hurricane being blown to the center of the hurricane.
Next, imagine it all going. . . ? Where?
Wherever it went ashore might be a concentrated place for skimming.
It should be interesting.
David living in interesting times
Oil all over Escambia County! The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!!! Chicken Little is alive and well!!! NOT!!! Hee Haw!! Gloom dispair and excessive misery!! Were is Junior Samples and his trusted hound, when we need him!!
A storm will send oil all over Escambia county
pray the eyewall calapses!!!!!!!!
Great, an oily hurricane! Wonder if it will have a wind rating or an octane level????