Hurricane Plus Oil Spill Equals Bug Spray?
What If a Powerful Hurricane Crosses the Path of the World's Largest Oil Spill?
But Really
Then, again, stop and think about it. Endless gallons of oil floating on the water's surface, and at some point, a hurricane traversing it. The title aptly pictures the result, don't you think? Now how much oil would remain atop the water and not be picked up by a storm? Most of it? Some of it? Or could it all be picked up. And where do you suppose the oil might wind up? Would no ecological harm come of it?
Will People Learn from This?
When all of this madness is cleaned up, after untold damage and destruction has come to pass, will the people learn from this? More to the point, will commercial interests demonstrate an adjusted attitude from what has happened and will yet happened? It is doubtful, isn't it? More than likely it will be chalked up as "just one of those things," an "unavoidable debit."
But the Point of This Article is...
But the point of this article is not a cry to politicians. It is not a calamity howling such as the multimedia employ to drum up business. I've written it, rather, as an open question: What actually will happen if (and more likely when) a hurricane crosses the path of the largest oil spill and ecological tragedy ever known to hit planet earth? Is anyone in the sciences evaluating this? Will there be any conclusions drawn as to the outcome? It is a very real and important question deserving of answer.
Maybe
There is a possibility -- a remote possibility -- that a hurricane hitting the oil spill would actually help in the cleanup process. Built-in, self-healing mechanisms exist for all earth's natural resources. If man just leaves things alone, and no longer pollutes, earth cleans itself. If a hurricane does hit the oil spill, perhaps it will bail us out of our own mess.
Published by Vincent Summers
My secular expertise includes 23 years of experience at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, with a share in NASA's extended Voyager 2 effort. I formerly wrote for Demand Studios, Bukisa, Suite 101, Exa... View profile
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28 Comments
Post a CommentInteresting topic. While an oil spill can have a negative affects on the environment, the positive side is what we learn.
This is a very good question and something I have been worried about. I asked someone knowledgeable (but not a scientist) about this early on. He told me the storm surge of course will be oily, making any storm's damage potential that much worse, but that the storm picking it up and raining it inland should not be a concern. I hope he was right. I can't believe what they have done to our Gulf; this is the most awful mess I have known. And what about what it is doing to the ozone layer over the gulf coast? There is another question to look into. I wish there were more answers than questions! Thanks for writing this piece.
Sad. People need to realize that it is not just about gasoline. The best gift you can make to earth is stop polluting it. Period. Plastic, chlorine !!!, energy waste, chemical bug and weed sprays..... All poison to the environment.
good article, I am wondering what is going to happen with the hurricane and oil spill too...
It's bad enough that oil is hitting the shoreline. Oil collected by a hurricane at sea and dumped by wind and rainfall inland...YIKES!
With this mess coming up in the Gulf right now, I was wondering what would happen if a Hurricane came in contact with this oil spill. I'm in fear that we're about to find out soon.
It would be nice if the human race learned from this tragedy; otherwise the Earth may just throw us out!
I enjoyed your article :)
The first part of Lorraine's comment I agree wholeheartedly with. The second sentence implies persons wanting to clean up the earth are foolish. While in some sense, some efforts are, indeed foolish, the desire to do one's part to keep earth clean is by no means foolish.
It's a misnomer to say that the hurricane will "clean up" the spill. A hurricane won't completely get rid of the oil spill (or the thousands of gallons that are still coming up, it'll just break it up into "fun sized" pieces.
The earth has a way of cleaning itself. But you can't tell that to the people trying to keep the earth clean.