Gulf’s future looks grim
If the growing oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico isn’t contained soon – and the latest efforts suggest it won’t be – then the damage to the fragile region will intensify over the coming summer months as changing currents and the potential for hurricanes complicate the containment and cleanup efforts. “It’s all lose, lose, lose here,” said Rick Steiner, a retired marine scientist who’s familiar with both the current Gulf oil spill and the Exxon Valdez disaster two decades ago. “The failure of the top kill really magnified this disaster exponentially,” he said. “I think there’s a realistic probability that this enormous amount of oil will keep coming out for a couple months.
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Gulf’s future looks grim
Posted on May 31st, 2010 by
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