No one wants to talk about the BP COREXIT poison that is still in the Gulf of Mexico that is entwined in the oil spill ever so present, that has been responsible for many deaths already in the Gulf of Mexico. WHY ISN'T 'COREXIT' being discussed as to being tossed around by Hurricane Isaac??? If you read the "news" release below, you will see NO MENTION of the BP COREXIT POISON whatsoever. WHY? Could it be that it is and has been raining BP COREXIT POISON on the masses inland? I believe so!! You believe what you want, and I'll believe what I want, but wherever Hurricane Isaac is dumping it's massive rain downfall, you can be sure that it has some BP COREXIT poison in it.
Dr. James P. Wickstrom
Beyond Wind & Rain: Isaac Could Stir Up Oil
By Douglas Main, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer | LiveScience.comAugust 30, 2012
In-Part:
As Tropical Storm Isaac roars over Louisiana and elsewhere on the Gulf Coast, it threatens to disrupt a fragile environment that's still recovering from BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the summer of 2010.
By disturbing the sediments in which the spilled oil is buried, near the beach and deeper in the water, the hurricane could release large quantities of oil, several researchers warn.
"This is another disaster on top of the hurricane that we're going to have to deal with," Garret Graves, chairman of Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, told the Huffington Post. "The threat is not insignificant."
So far there have been no reports of oil, but that isn't surprising considering most everybody is taking shelter or has evacuated the area, said Lt. Alyssa Johnson, operation officer at the National Response Center, a federal organization responsible for coordinating a response plan to environmental releases of oil or other hazardous materials. [Latest News on Isaac]
Storm surge
Isaac's storm surge, expected to reach heights of 6 to 12 feet (about 2 to 3.5 meters), could transport oil inland, where it could further affect marshlands and wildlife or come into contact with people, Graves told the Bloomberg news service. It also could flood areas containing contaminants such as pesticides, fertilizers and septic system bacteria and wash these back out into coastal waters or into groundwater, University of Florida researcher Andrew Zimmerman told OurAmazingPlanet in an email.
Exactly how far below the surface sediment and oil can be disturbed by a hurricane isn't clear, but meteorologist Jeff Masters said large hurricanes can create currents capable of mobilizing whatever oil is at the bottom.
Nick Shay, a professor of meteorology and physical oceanography at the University of Miami, told the Huffington Post this was possible. Hurricanes can "bring whatever is near the bottom up higher in the water column, and currents can then push it towards the coast," he said.
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