New computer model for Oil Track , eastern seaboard

[Cetacea]

http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2010/06/03/22/oilatlantic_GEB1D2IOV.1+Gulf_Oil_Spill_Loop_Current_NU.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.jpg



Computer models show that leaking oil from the Gulf of Mexico could flow up the Atlantic coast as soon as this summer, the National Center for Atmospheric Research said Thursday.

The computer simulations show that if oil reaches the Gulf's fast-moving loop current it would likely reach Florida's Atlantic coast within weeks. It could then move north with the Gulf Stream as far as North Carolina's Cape Hatteras before turning away from the coast.

"Our best knowledge says the scope of this environmental disaster is likely to reach far beyond Florida, with impacts that have yet to be understood," said Synte Peacock, a scientist with the atmospheric research center.

The Boulder, Colo., group is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, an independent federal agency."

http://www2.ucar.edu/news/ocean-currents-likely-to-carry-oil-spill-along-atlantic-coast

[howard112211]

1. Holy shit. If that model is accurate

then I presume this will be the "spill to end all spills".

[ThomThom]

2. no, the spill to end all life in the ocean

this won't end all spills, that sort of positive out come is not going to happen
I don't think even hurricanes spreading this ashore will stop the drilling and as long as we drill we will spill

[entanglement]

3. True, but keep in mind NCAR's dye model is a simulation of one possible scenario, not a prediction

Their disclaimer says as much. So there's some hope (yet).

[old mark]

4. This pretty much follows the Gulf Stream - the oil will eventually reach

Europe, especially Spain. I posted about this last week from an article on Wiki.

Link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream

Don't know why this should be a surprise - the Gulf Stream has been known for centuries.


mark

[Cetacea]

5. Birds have been around for centuries, too.

[old mark]

6. My point was simple - I have trouble understanding why people are so casual

about this and evidently believe it will somehow be made OK any time soon...I believe it is just beginning, and won't be "back to normal" ever.

mark

[Cetacea]

7. So true...

I think it is a good sign, coverage wise, that the MSM are reporting this new animation.

[old mark]

8. I have been waiting for them to get the idea - I think it is slowly dawning on some of them....nt

[blindpig]

12. It ain't honesty, they just can't hide it any more.

They are grasping to preserve their credibility. They will continue to minimize whenever possible.

Kill Capitalism

[cwydro]

13. You are right

And some people don't have a clue how devastating this is and will continue to be

[bdamomma]

9. it will be affecting us too unfortunately our beautiful blue water

http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7da624230030000§ionId=60

[Cetacea]

10. +1

So sorry that this will probably impact you as well.

[bdamomma]

11. there's a saying

whenever the US sneezes we catch a cold, we are catching more than that, but hopefully our Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) will warn us.