Spill likely to reach up Atlantic coast

[Stuart G]

Source: MSNBC, Newsweek,

Government scientists are confirming what has been, since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, one of the worst-case scenarios: the spill is likely to reach far beyond the gulf coast and extend thousands of miles along the Atlantic coast and open ocean as early as this summer.


Using computer models of ocean currents, scientists at the National Center for Atspheric Research, part of the Commerce Department, conclude that once the oil in the uppermost ocean has been picked up by the Gulf of Mexico's energetic Loop Current, it is likely to reach Florida's Atlantic coast within weeks. It can then spread north with the Gulf Stream as far as Cape Hatteras, N.C., and then turn east into the open ocean.

The results have been reviewed by other NCAR scientists and by researchers at other institutions, but not yet submitted for publication in a science journal.



Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-human-condition/2010/06/03/even-more-bad-news-about-the-oil-spill-slick-to-travel-up-the-atlantic-coast.html

[Captain Hilts]

1. It will go where the GulfStream goes. It will hit NC then head to Britain. nt

[rocktivity]

2. I am shocked--SHOCKED!

...that they've sat on this bad news this long. Boil frogs much?

:eyes:
rocktivity

[Stuart G]

3. I too was shocked, beyond belief..that

BP might, just might not tell the whole story, honestly and fairly...Same for the federal government...
Yes...Shocked....:sarcasm: