BP moves forward on Containment Dome to Stop Oil Leak
BP Oil Spill Tar Balls Reach Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain
U.S. Allowed Offshore Drilling without Required Permits
BP Resumes Work on Relief Well
Tropical Storm Threatens Completion of BP Relief Well
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster Worsens
BP Oil Spill Timeline - Ongoing Disaster
Atmospheric Water Systems Donates Over 100 Atmospheric Water Generators to Feed the Childr
USGBC Lauds Brad Pitt-Led Green Katrina-Rebuilding Effort: 13 LEED Platinum Homes Already
Another Gulf Oil Spill - SPECIAL REPORT
Obama to pressure BP on Oil Clean-Up Financial Responsibility
BP Stops One Oil Leak As Oil Slick Continues Towards Shore
Oil Spill Reaches Wildlife Refuges as BP Attempts to Lower Containment Dome
Luke Air Force Base Goes Green with 15MW Solar Power Installation
BP Oil Spill – “Land Hanging On By Its Fingernails”
Hurricane Season Could Blow BP Oil Spill Into Bigger Disaster
With BP’s delay - again - of the ‘top hat’ operation to plug the gulf of mexico oil leak, the arrival on June 1 of the official hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico has observers wondering if a horrific problem is about to get much, much worse.
From the day the BP disaster began on April 20, clean-up and containment efforts have been greatly affected by the weather. Initial response to the leak was delayed because of high winds and choppy water. Now a month into the worst environmental crime in history, weather could take a strong hand in quickly spreading the huge oil leak into Gulf areas it has not yet reached.
According to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NOAA), the number and ferocity of hurricanes this season could surpass that of 2005 - the year that brought us Katrina. Studies with ‘drifter’ buoys have shown that even a storm with relatively mild 40-knot winds can scatter objects throughout the Gulf area. A severe hurricane often has winds reaching 130 knots. This would not only pull oil into the air above the surface of the water, but also churn it deep underwater.
The only hope is that one of the factors that contribute to extreme hurricanes does not develop. NOAA plans to announce the 2010 hurricane season outlook on May 27.
Recommended for Further Reading:
- BP moves forward on Containment Dome to Stop Oil Leak
- BP Oil Spill Tar Balls Reach Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain
- U.S. Allowed Offshore Drilling without Required Permits
- BP Resumes Work on Relief Well
- Tropical Storm Threatens Completion of BP Relief Well
- Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster Worsens
- BP Oil Spill Timeline - Ongoing Disaster
- Atmospheric Water Systems Donates Over 100 Atmospheric Water Generators to Feed the Childr
- USGBC Lauds Brad Pitt-Led Green Katrina-Rebuilding Effort: 13 LEED Platinum Homes Already
- Another Gulf Oil Spill - SPECIAL REPORT
- Obama to pressure BP on Oil Clean-Up Financial Responsibility
- BP Stops One Oil Leak As Oil Slick Continues Towards Shore
- Oil Spill Reaches Wildlife Refuges as BP Attempts to Lower Containment Dome
- Luke Air Force Base Goes Green with 15MW Solar Power Installation
- BP Oil Spill – “Land Hanging On By Its Fingernails”
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Why can't they drive a big enough drill down into the hole where the oil is flowing from, to plug it up? Drills are strong...the machinery is strong...I would think the right size drill would plug the hole. It would either stop the flow or slow it down to a tricle. This was the only site I could find to make this comment.
Thanks for reading.....Terry Suttle
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