Sunday, June 27, 2010

"If Alex forces a work stoppage at the ruptured BP well, officials fear that as much as 2.5 million gallons of oil could flow into the Gulf for two weeks. It would take 14 days to put everything back in place, meaning the containment cap would be off for that period, allowing oil to flow freely, Allen said... BP said the storm has not forced any evacuations at the oil spill site. But, to the south, BP and Shell were evacuating all nonessential personnel from oil platforms as a precaution."

Palo Alto, CA Weather / Stormpulse / Hurricanes, severe weather, tracking, mapping
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"In May, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration predicted an above-average season with 14 to 23 named storms forming by Nov. 30. The most active season on record was 2005, when 28 storms formed, including Hurricane Katrina, which caused New Orleans levees to fail, flooding the city and killing more than 1,800 people.
This month, Colorado State University researchers boosted their forecast, calling for 18 named storms, 10 of them becoming hurricanes. AccuWeather increased its outlook to 18 to 21 storms from 16 to 18.
Trailing the storm system now edging toward the Gulf is another area of disturbed weather stretching from the Northern Leeward Islands that has a 10 percent chance of become a storm during the next two days, the center said. If named, it would be called Bonnie."
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