Oil Spill + Hurricane: Spin Art

As you well know, hurricane season starts June 1st. Given that it is May 30th and the oil spill has yet to be stopped it is quite likely that millions of gallons of crude oil will be spilling into the Gulf of Mexico during hurricane season, which could provide for a very interesting large-scale version of Spin Art.

If you do not frequent weather.com you may have missed their article entitled Hurricanes Versus the Oil Spill, which very briefly covers some impacts the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could have on any hurricanes this season. Tallahassee.com also has an article which downplays the impact the oil spill could have on any hurricanes. Generally, the articles seem to indicate that the oil spill will not have much effect on hurricanes, as hurricanes are quite sizeable and the oil spill is, relatively, small (about the size of Delaware). For my part, I'm not so much interested in the impact the oil spill will have on hurricanes, but rather the impact hurricanes will have on the oil spill.

If you play around with the U.S. landfall tracker you can find that hurricanes tend to hop into the Gulf of Mexico, which was cool until millions of gallons of oil started spilling into the region with no hope of an expedient fix.

I do not have anything funny or insightful to say. I just wanted you to be aware of the fact that in the next few weeks a rotating mass of 100+ mile per hour winds could find its way into the Gulf of Mexico while millions of gallons of crude oil are gushing to the surface.

Think (Food Processor + Water + Olive Oil) - Lid.

We're all going to die.