There seem to be a lot of opinions and predictions of how a hurricane might affect the spill (and how the spill might affect a hurricane), but鈥攊t appears from numerous sources鈥攏othing specific/exacting to base them on, as a situation such as exists in the Gulf has never occurred.
I am sure you, too, have your sources, but that is a statement from National Public Radio鈥 鈥淚f a hurricane encounters the oil slick now covering parts of the Gulf of Mexico, the result could be devastating, scientists say. Not only could any hurricane increase the damage that oil does to coastal wetlands, but the presence of oil could lead to a more powerful hurricane, they say. Nobody knows for sure, though, because there’s no record of a hurricane ever crossing paths with a large oil spill.鈥
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has created a response to questions about how a hurricane might affect the spill; see here: www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/hurricanes_oil_factsheet.pdf
There seem to be a lot of opinions and predictions of how a hurricane might affect the spill (and how the spill might affect a hurricane), but鈥攊t appears from numerous sources鈥攏othing specific/exacting to base them on, as a situation such as exists in the Gulf has never occurred.
I am sure you, too, have your sources, but that is a statement from National Public Radio鈥 鈥淚f a hurricane encounters the oil slick now covering parts of the Gulf of Mexico, the result could be devastating, scientists say. Not only could any hurricane increase the damage that oil does to coastal wetlands, but the presence of oil could lead to a more powerful hurricane, they say. Nobody knows for sure, though, because there’s no record of a hurricane ever crossing paths with a large oil spill.鈥
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has created a response to questions about how a hurricane might affect the spill; see here: www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/hurricanes_oil_factsheet.pdf