Who's on oil watch?
Posted by LawKat on 4/29/2010, 1:20 pm
60 miles south of Dauphin Island right now.  

This could be a major economic disaster.  There is talk of closing the ports of Mobile and New Orleans should the oil reach the coastlines.  Freighter ships and cargo ships, as well as regular-sized vessels cannot move over oil-laden waters.  It creates safety issues concerning bilge pumps, buoyancy issues, as large vessels can become unbalanced on oil-laden waters.

For this board, long-term, however, is the fact that a hurricane barreling through this area in 2-3 months is going to spread that oil far inland, and lead to some kind of horrendous scenario.  With an "extreme" season forecasted, there has never been a problem more under the gun since Katrina and broken levees.  Time is not on anyone's side right now.

I would say that this has the potential to become exponentially worse than any disaster we've seen in recent history, and that's saying a lot.
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Who's on oil watch? - LawKat, 4/29/2010, 1:20 pm
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