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Hurricane Concerns
There's been much speculation about what might happen should a hurricane pass through the massive oil slick.
Some fear the combination of damaging winds and large waves will push the oil deeper into wetlands and coat miles of coastline.
HURRICANE PROJECTIONS
(As of August 23, 2010)
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Hurricane Season Prediction - Dr. Remata Reddy, who studies and teaches tropical meteorology at Jackson State University, says if a tropical storm were to form in the Gulf, there could be major ecological problems for residents along the Gulf Coast. If a storm were to travel to the east of the oil spill, the concentration of the oil would head to the center of the Gulf. If the storm would travel to the west of the oil spill, the bulk would be thrust up against the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastlines.
No one knows how much oil is below the surface. Once a hurricane stirs up that oil and the waves begin to roll, with no boom and no plan in place, experts have no idea what the impact will be. It is likely that a tropical storm could lift the oil and contaminated water to the marsh and residential areas.
As oil evaporates and comes into contact with a tropical storm, the chances of acid rain falling within the storm are possible, Reddy said.
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