The oil spill and hurricanes

As hurricane season looms, forecasters, scientists and residents along the Gulf Coast worry that a major storm could make the oil spill worse.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a hurricane, or a succession of them, may bring oil up from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico and then push it ashore. Forecasters say a season with multiple storms could send oil farther inland and spread it as far as Cape Hatteras, N.C.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/hurricanes/2010-05-19-hurricanes-oil-spill_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Remember this when BP "solves" the problem by adding chemicals which sink the oil to the bottom of the Gulf.