Gulf Oil Spill... What Nobody's Talking About!

Several points nobody seems to have thought about...the first hurricane of the season that enters the Gulf of Mexico may become more powerful than ever expected, due to the oil on the water. The oil will block the natural release of heat from the water into the atmosphere during the nightly cooling cycle, and retain the heat in the water. Hurricanes feed upon heat and just a few degrees of water temperature increase may have a tremendous increase in the power of a hurricane. That has been a concern in past hurricane forecasting; wonder why nobody has been thinking of that here?

There has been talk about the oil being driven onto beaches and roads near the coast in the event of hurricanes or severe storms. But, nobody seems to have given thought to the fact that a hurricane picking up the oil laden water will drive it far inland mixed with rain, and as the water evaporates, will leave the oil as a combustible layer on everything it touches, severely raising the fire potential. Vegetation and frame dwellings will become highly combustible and any fire, unless immediately quelled, may lead to a conflagration of immeasurable proportion, one that could make the California wildfires look tame in comparison. And perhaps in highly populated areas as well!

Sometimes I think the government wants to assure we're treated like mushrooms. Kept in the dark and fed lots of bull crap. In that manner you get the Alfred E. Newman syndrome and don't worry about what might happen. Same with the gusher. Most have never been apprised of the really catastrophic potentials if this thing goes further sideways than it is. As bad as it is now, it's nothing compared to what could happen if they fracture the cap on that deposit. How about the other plumes that BP and the government don't seem to be talking about or accounting for? Are they other leaks from the same deposit? How bad did the release of "toxic dispersants" foul the Gulf waters when it broke down the oil into smaller particles, and how will that be cleaned up? Or will it simply poison the food chain as it slowly makes its way through the layers of the Gulf? Why does the Department of Energy contradict the government's own engineers and scientists when it comes to the amounts flowing into the Gulf? And contradict civilian scientists and engineers also? Because they don't want anyone to know the true scope of what's happening and how bad it really is.

The "light ahead" that Obama sees may well be the headlight of a runaway locomotive that's coming out of the tunnel headed our way, or it may be the fickle flame starting to ignite a 25,000 PSI gas and oil explosion that will be unlike anything we've ever seen on this earth.

We can all hope and pray that the light is nothing more than the click of a Zippo lighter as someone relaxes and lights up a Lucky Strike, saying the problem is solved. That would be a relief to every American, no matter where you live, and to the world too.