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Sub Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:02 AM Original message |
Is it possible for hurricanes to lift the oil and drop it Inland? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. I guess we'll find out. |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. . |
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daleanime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. With the force of the hurricanes increasing? |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. It won't "rain oil," but |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:20 AM Original message |
Correction, it *could* "rain oil" |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. I've seen it literally rain cats and dogs. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Better watch out - Obama got pilloried for saying pretty much the |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. You will not see brown colored rain, nor will you see |
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Sub Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Could those be the result of the dispersants that have been used? |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. plumes |
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Sub Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thanks |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. some of the oil coming out of the well is heavier than water |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. the disperant molecules are polar on one end and non polar on the other end |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. So they are a kind of soap? |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. In a word, yes. |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. I did read that it will increase the chances of acid rain within the storm. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. I heard a U of M scientist say that a Cat 5 could blow residue 200+ miles inland. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. What about a cat 5e? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. Unlikely |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. So why do tadpoles get dropped on land from normal storms? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. *hiccup* |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. There are countless documented reports.... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. Ever hear of a "mud rain"? |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Texas got mud rain in 09. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Here in Texas a couple of years ago, we had reddish mud rain |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. Hurricanes lift boats and drop them on the land |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Exactly. It doesn't take Michio Kaku to figure out that it WILL happen. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. Oil will not evaporate like water and fall as rain. But oil in sea water near the coast |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. That's not the question |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Of course it can. It can happen with salt water. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. uhh hun, ever see the photos of TREES uprooted by strong hurricane winds? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I'd bet you can get people here to say |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I was reading some of those posts in amazement |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. That's kind of apples and oranges. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. A friend emailed my spouse that it had rained |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. A hurricane surge can sure bring it on land. |
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Azooz (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
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