Friday, June 04, 2010
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Dear Friends, All of a sudden I realized that this post would be my 1,000th blog post! It is such a milestone for me! I can't begin ...
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Dear Friends, I read with interest Philip Howard's blog of two days past on the new state project of interviewing and collecting stori...
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I think it best to keep a realistic perspective on the BP oil spill and its impact along the Atlantic coast. As the article says,
Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington cautioned against making too much of the new scientific models from NCAR [National Center for Atmospheric Research].
NOAA officials pointed out that the dye presumed in the model doesn't have the same density as oil and wouldn't evaporate or break down at the same rate.
"It represents a big picture look at how the oil will enter the Gulf Stream," said NOAA spokesman Chris Vaccaro. "As oil weathers, it changes characteristics and no longer behaves like a fluid, making it harder to do long-term forecasts."
Ben Fox, spokesman for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, said the state is paying attention to NOAA forecasts.
"NOAA and other scientists are telling us that there is a potential but uncertain possibility that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico might affect the South Carolina coastline, but with minor impact at most," Fox said in a statement.
Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/06/04/514214/oil-from-gulf-could-reach-nc-before.html#storylink=addthis#ixzz0pt7TAzaS
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