Winds holding Gulf oil spill offshore

From USA TODAY:

Some good news swept through here Monday: Winds so far are keeping most of the Gulf SS CHRISTIAN, Miss. oil spill away from shore, and chemicals are doing a decent job dispersing the giant swath of slick crude oil looming off the coast.

Charlie Henry, a science coordinator with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), cautioned that the long-term path of the oil remains unclear. Officials from Louisiana to Florida said they are still preparing for an environmental catastrophe in days and weeks ahead.

Yet, Henry said, weather forecasts called for winds from the north today, which could give the government, energy company BP and hundreds of area fishers some extra time to lay inflatable boom and take other preventive measures…

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  1. This oil spill is really destroying too much of our gulf, I feel terrible for New orleans

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