Oil Spill

[gwynhefar]

This really really not good folks.

Comments

[6-bleen-7.livejournal.com]

Ugh: The outflow from the Mississippi doesn't seem to be holding it back much.

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Nope. It'll probably keep it from travelling up the river itself, but it won't keep it from entering the nearby marshes and bayous. And now that the slick has hit the Gulf current, it'll be spread all over the place.

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

Actually it's that tail, which is about to reach one of the tributary currents of the Gulf Stream. Shall we tell England to get out the adsorbants?

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Yup. That's the biggest problem right now. The slick has hit the Gulf current, which will take it around Florida (there are already tar balls washing up in the Keys) and right up the Gulf Stream.

Re: Intuition 2.0

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I knew it was going to be bad too. And now I'm just worried we'll end up with a hurricane that spreads it around even more and a storm surge that dumps it deep in the wetlands.

[whitecrow0.livejournal.com]

:(

[6-bleen-7.livejournal.com]

The recently encountered tar balls in the Keys are apparently not from this spill. Soon enough, though, sigh.

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Huh. Well I'm sure BP-related tar balls will start showing up soon anyway. Gotta wonder where these are coming from though. Do we have another leak we're not even aware of?

[6-bleen-7.livejournal.com]

I wonder whether the Coast Guard finds them all the time, and this time was only special because of the Gulf spill.

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

That's kind of a terrifying thought. That there are *always* tar balls floating around in the oceans.

[queenbookwench.livejournal.com]

Ugh! It sounds like the whole thing has been pretty awful. LA just can't catch a break, seems like.