Already in the Gulf Loop ?
Posted by CypressTX on 5/17/2010, 6:10 am
from The Chronicle Herald

a piece of it:

"Computer models show the black ooze may have already entered the loop current - which is the largest in the Gulf - said William Hogarth, dean of the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science. A research vessel is being sent to the Gulf on Tuesday to collect samples and learn more.

One computer model shows that the oil has already entered the current, while a second model shows the oil is 3 miles from it - still dangerously close, Hogarth said. The models are based on weather, ocean current and spill data from the U.S. Navy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, among other sources."

loop current from http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/OceanFcasts/image_viewer_Gmex.html (animated at the link):


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