Will the Gulf Oil spill get to Florida?
What happenes when the next hurricane comes through the Gulf? Would there still be oil around then?
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Florida authorities remain unsure about the chances but are ready to do what they can to protect the wildlife, seafood industry, and tourism industry along the states gulf coast in case of the oil spill nearing and making landfall on Florida's beaches, coastline, and marine eco-systems
On the approaching oil spill Adm. Thad Allen of the United States Coast Guard says when asked about the chances the oil spill would reach Florida ``I'm not going to rule anything out, but it's pretty remote''
Winds and the Gulf's powerful "loop current" could bring the oil spill just about anywhere throughout the Gulf of Mexico and all nations and states should be prepared if they border the Gulf. A hurricane will add to the uncertainty of the spills shoreline coverage but the Gulf of Mexico's hurricane season does not begin until late in summer. The clean up may take years or it may take months but either way the likelihood of this years hurricane season arriving and the oil still being in the gulf remains high.
Photo: NY Times| Chris Graythen | Getty Images
Reference: Orlando Sentinel | Business | Gulf oil spill may dwarf Exxon Valdez
Reference: Miami Herald | Maimi-Dade | Breaking News
Reference: NY Times | White House Takes a Bigger Role in the Oil Spill Cleanup
Reference: National Hurricane Center | NOAA
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''Destin Log'' has photos from the rig and oil area here
Gulf Power is offering to help with the emergency and has floating booms they can provide to help.
The NOAA image shows when the impact should reach other areas beside the ones being impacted today. NOAA's image won't embed for me, you can see it here
The other images are from Navarre Beach which is between Pensacola and Fort Walton Beach and is a beautiful area. The fishing and tourism industry will be suffering from this for a while. The impact could be months and months and it is possible if a hurricane goes through where the rig is it may even do more damage to it.
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great links, thank you
I have done some more looking and found out some more specific locational information and the possible effects of the Gulf Loop Current
Firstly Click here for NOAA description of the "loop current" below is a rendering of the loop current and in Step 1 the small red arrow approximates the position of the oil spill and rig (Transocean DeepWater Horizon)
This cycle of current repeats itself "several times a year"(reference)
A more up close prediction from the NOAA as of May 1st, 2010 shows just how close the spill could get to one of the "several times a year" cycles of the loop current that could bring the spill out of the gulf entirely or push it up further towards Texas and northern Mexico depending on the formation of that "eddy"
(DeepWaterHorizonResponse.com) <~~ great info and slide show.