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Old 05-18-2010, 06:47 PM
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The oil is in the loop current which is how tarballs wound up in KW.
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Old 05-19-2010, 09:11 AM
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A little bit of good news:

KEY WEST (AP) -- The Coast Guard says the tar balls found off Key West aren't linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

A report released Wednesday says tests show the tar balls don't match the type of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

The source of the tar balls isn't known. Tar balls can occur naturally or come from other sources such as ships.

Twenty were found Monday and several others Tuesday.

Government scientists who surveyed the Gulf on Tuesday said tendrils of light oil were near or already in a powerful current that could take it to Florida.

The loop current circulates in the Gulf and takes water south to the Florida Keys and the Gulf Stream.


But most oil remains dozens of miles away from the current.
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Old 05-30-2010, 08:40 AM
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Scary part is there is no guarantee the relief wells will work in August. We all know the next thing they will try will fail (the cap) which they say will occur in 4 to 7 days. That means - at least 7 before that fails. Then the relief well is the only cure. There is no guarantee that will work - could mean years of oil spilling out. I hope they nail the guys responsible in Jail. It was completely preventable and not a parts malfunction. It is like saying my brakes failed even though I had the emergency brake on for the last 20 miles. They knew weeks before it blew they broke the blow out preventor.

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