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Title: Hurricane, Plus Oil Spill: It’s Never Happened, and We Sure Don’t Want It To
Source: [None]
URL Source: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/hurric ... d-and-we-sure-dont-want-it-to/
Published: Jun 29, 2010
Author: Art Horn
Post Date: 2010-06-29 12:59:10 by no gnu taxes
Keywords: None
Views: 26713
Comments: 51

The Gulf oil spill is terrible, but it could become much, much worse and soon.

The threat comes in the form of a hurricane moving over the spill. If a hurricane’s violent winds track over the oil slicks this season, we will witness a natural and economic calamity that history has never recorded anywhere or anytime. We will literally be in oil-soaked uncharted waters, suffering the first ever “oilicane.”

A Category One hurricane — the scale ranks them from one to five — has maximum sustained winds of 74 to 95 miles per hour near the eye. A Category Five hurricane has maximum sustained winds of 156 to 200 miles per hour. The difference between the two storms is gigantic, and non-linear. A Category Five hurricane will cause 250 times more damage than a Category One. In other words, there are hurricanes, and then there are monster hurricanes.

Tropical Storm Alex could become a hurricane over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico this week, however the wind currents in that region do not favor the storm coming anywhere near the oil spill. The more likely track is towards northern Mexico or southern Texas later this week.

Looking forward, the water temperature in the Atlantic Ocean is running as warm as the record setting season of 2005, and this is significant. Warmer water means more heat and humidity over the tropical ocean to fuel hurricanes. Just as a car needs gasoline to fuel its engine, a hurricane needs hot, humid air. A hurricane is a gigantic atmospheric engine — the warmer and more humid the air it breathes in, the faster its pistons pump and the stronger its winds become. And warmer water not only creates more hurricanes, it makes more intense ones.

The 2005 season produced a record 15 hurricanes.

Oil now continues to gush from the bottom of the Gulf, and some is washing up on shores. Presently, the good news is that most of the oil is confined to coastal areas. The bad news is what might happen if a moderate to large hurricane rides over the spill.

The winds of a hurricane are so strong that the normal interface between ocean and atmosphere disappears. The winds generate large waves, spray is blown off the top of the waves, and spray mixes with the air. After a short time, there is no real boundary between ocean and atmosphere — they become one! If a large hurricane moves over the spill, this chaotic mixture will also contain oil. The oil will become airborne and travel with the hurricane.

When a hurricane makes landfall, the winds push the ocean onto the land — this is called a storm surge. The height of the surge on land is dependent on several factors.

The strength of the wind and the rate of forward motion of the storm are critical in determining how much water is forced up onto the land. The diameter of the hurricane will also determine how much water is blown inland — the wider the storm, the more water is pushed in, and over a greater area. If the water is shallow offshore, the surge will be deeper on land. Naturally, the elevation of the land is important as well.

The water off the Gulf Coast is shallow, and the elevation inland is only a few feet. This area is prime territory for devastating and deeply penetrating storm surges.

Should a major hurricane push the spill towards the Gulf Coast, there will be nothing that can be done to stop it. No amount of planning or engineering will help. No number of visits to the Gulf by the president or any other official will stop the inevitable. The storm surge will drive the water, and the oil, miles inland. Everything in its path will be coated in a greasy bath of crude.

Even the wind will have oil in it.

In New England, I have witnessed hurricanes and tropical storms that have blown salt spray many miles inland from the coast. The leaves of inland trees eventually turn brown and fall off. In the case of the Gulf, it will be oil spraying the trees, buildings, and anything else in the way. How far inland this oily mess will blow is anyone’s guess, but it could be unprecedented in its economic and environmental damage.

The recovery period after a hurricane can take years. It was 10 years until some communities fully recovered from Hurricane Andrew in South Florida, though some communities never recovered at all. The New Orleans area is still putting itself back together after Katrina in 2005. The recovery period after an “oilicane” will be hard to forecast, but the human and natural loss could be historic.

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#1. To: no gnu taxes (#0)

The Gulf oil spill is terrible, but it could become much, much worse and soon.

John Boehner has now accused Obama of over-reacting to the oil spill. And the Republicans say this spill is no big deal and just natural.

So what's your complaint?

go65  posted on  2010-06-29   13:05:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: go65, no gnu taxes (#1)

I'd rather have nature clean up than bp.

This is much better for the wildlife than Corexit. ;}

And this is The most amazing storm I've ever seen.

It fills the gulf. Models have it crossing to the Pacific and up to the Colorado River. That's insane.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-06-29   16:08:13 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: mcgowanjm (#21)

I'd rather have nature clean up than bp.

So it doesn't bother you any longer that 0bama and his federal leviathan of resources - including offers of booms and technology from other countries - did NOT begin cleaning up millions of barrels of oil months ago?

Liberator  posted on  2010-06-29   22:24:52 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: Liberator, war, Fred Mertz, All (#29)

HEY!! IT"S MY BUDDY!

Did you MISS me when your OTHER buddy, goldi, banned me from LP?

LMFAO

And now you've migrated over here to LF. I don't think goldi's here yet, lib.

So why don't you save us both some time and go back to lp and pull up some/Any of my posts since the bp ecocide started 052010.

Get back to me on those and we can continue the Greates Event in the Histroy of Your Life, America's Chernobyl, the Dragon King.

LMFAO 8D

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-06-30   9:01:29 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: mcgowanjm (#31)

You disappoint me, Jimbo. NOTHING to say about 0bama-the-Commie's obvious and purposeful destruction of the Gulf and refusal to clean ANYTHING up?

Typical socialist and faux "ecologist." Blame industry but NOT your commie leadership and his regs for "Operation: 'Gulf FUBAR.'"

But what about your dead and dying planet and saving it?

Btw, I'm sorry I can't help you out as an errand boy while I'm at LP, but I'm sure Fred is more than willing to be your bag man.

Liberator  posted on  2010-06-30   13:53:10 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: Liberator, All (#33)

You disappoint me, Jimbo.You disappoint me, Jimbo. NOTHING to say about 0bama-the-Commie's obvious and purposeful destruction of the Gulf and refusal to clean ANYTHING up?

O Sweet Jeebus. Then you're gonna be needing to line up your psychotropic bin of meds, eh?

I 'brought up' bp's ecocide from Day 1. Put it in Goldi's Face. 8D

Then when I pointed out that the IDF went Nazi on Humanitarians, she banned me. Just a little bit of overlooked history there, Lib.

Gold dropping to 2006 levels.

And of course you're not sorry. Not yet. We'll All be able to tell that Come to Jeesus moment.

LMAO Better than Amusement Parks.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-01   8:15:12 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: mcgowanjm (#37)

I 'brought up' bp's ecocide from Day 1. Put it in Goldi's Face. 8D

Out of 10,000 words, you mentioned 0bama how many times? BUZZZZZ! Wrong answer.

Then when I pointed out that the IDF went Nazi on Humanitarians, she banned me. Just a little bit of overlooked history there, Lib.

You've overlooked context, Jimbo. Get back on track; WHEN did you get all over 0bama for his negligence, incompetence, and slooooow reaction to addressing the disaster HE helped facilitate?

Gold dropping to 2006 levels.

Irrelevant.

And of course you're not sorry. Not yet. We'll All be able to tell that Come to Jeesus moment.

"Sorry" for what? Pointing out that you are incapable of addressing an issue head on at a forum, or the reality of the moment and the future?

Personally, I couldn't give a crap whether you ever have your "Jeesus" moment; You alone bear responsibility for the fate of your own soul once your mortal shell (and warped lifeless brain) is shed like a beetle's exo-skeleton and becomes inconsequential dust.

I just hope to God you haven't breeded.

Liberator  posted on  2010-07-02   17:40:59 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: Liberator (#38)

Personally, I couldn't give a crap whether you ever have your "Jeesus" moment; You alone bear responsibility for the fate of your own soul once your mortal shell (and warped lifeless brain) is shed like a beetle's exo-skeleton and becomes inconsequential dust.

I just hope to God you haven't breeded.

LMFAO...And that would be 'bred'.

8D

And the 'Sweet Jeesus' folks are back at LP.

Why are you here and not there with your kindred spirits?

Spreading the gospel by going into PaganLand?

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-03   8:47:24 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: All (#39)

A-Whale being 'demonstrated' as we speak.

John Fitzgerald of Saunders Yachtworks has been in business in Orange Beach for 14 years. Cleaning boats, among other things, is his buisness. "We're a full service boat yard. We clean boats, we service boats, we do mechanical service, all of the below line service when the boats come up out of the water." He has 38 employees and is trying to hang on but the new boat wash station is making a difficult situation almost unbearable. "To find out yesterday that they are unveiling this new facility across the water and up the road from us is really unconscionable." He has jumped through all the BP hoops and is an approved BP service provider but can't get anyone to listen, until today when he confronted Patterson at a demonstration of the boat cleaning facility. "Why didn't all that happen before all this money got spent," asked Fitzgerald, "all these people working setting this up. All this money on the ground and I got a place right down there I can point to that is empty. There's nobody there, No boats to lift. I've got a pad, containment HAZMAT training I don't understand. There are all local people working over there trying to have local jobs and we got all these people from all over. How much money did this thing cost and I don't see a boat here yet." He got the same answer he has heard a lot over the last two months. "I can't answer that question but, I will find out and get back with you though," promised Patterson.

Apologizetobp:

Désolé pour le bébé tortue gay français du pétrol

I’m sorry I flinched at pictures of oil-soaked baby turtles — that was French and gay and socialistical of me. 8D

I’m sorry BP for not realizing how much easier you’ve made it to count the Brown Pelicans in the gulf. I mean before they would all, you know, like, fly away, so how could we be sure we weren’t counting the same birds twice? SO much easier now. One dead Pelican, two dead Pelicans …..

Submitted by Kathie

http://apologizetobp.com/

BP Ordered To Release Information on Well Bore Damage and Sea Floor Leaks From BP Gulf Oil Spill Florida Oil Spill Law points us to a press release issued by Representative Markey questioning BP on the integrity of the BP Gulf Oil Spill well bore and the leaks in the the surrounding sea floor.

The Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee Rep. Ed Markey is now questioning not only if oil and gas are seeping out of the damaged casing into the seabed and surrounding rock, but whether oil and gas may be rushing IN to the casing after BP drilled into oil formations above the target reservoir.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-03   9:25:23 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: All (#40)

. In a June 15th hearing in the Energy and Environment Subcommittee, BP’s Lamar McKay said that “the design of the relief well is very, very similar to the original well.”

OMFG will there be inadequate BOP's installed as well?

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-03   9:32:05 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: All (#41)

I’m sorry BP for not realizing how much easier you’ve made it to count the Brown Pelicans in the gulf. I mean before they would all, you know, like, fly away, so how could we be sure we weren’t counting the same birds twice? SO much easier now. One dead Pelican, two dead Pelicans …..

Submitted by Kathie

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-03   9:32:32 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#43. To: All (#42)

Personal:

Friend with Timeshare at Perdido Key. Celebrating here B day.

Refused to even talk about the Oil Geyser.

The rage of the NOGC is unfathomable.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-03   9:33:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#44. To: All (#43)

Fireworks canceled for the Weekend.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-03 09:34:45 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#49. To: mcgowanjm (#43) (Edited)

Personal:

Friend with Timeshare at Perdido Key. Celebrating here B day.

Refused to even talk about the Oil Geyser.

The rage of the NOGC is unfathomable.

How's it feel to know your last B-Day was the last day you'll ever see of the Gulf clean again, and not leaking a million gallons of filthy oil per day?

I'm sure you'll refuse to even think about it.

;-)

Liberator  posted on  2010-07-03 10:27:39 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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