Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog

Quoting nrtiwlnvragn:


Link

Has not run recently, but does during the season.

Right, I knew about that one...forgot.

Quoting AussieStorm:

Who????

She is a meteorologist at The Weather Channel.

Quoting pottery:

To a large degree, yes.
I still demand that electricity is cheap, gas is far cheaper than rum, and that plastic bottles cost nothing.
Dont raise any prices, or I will vote you out. Simple.

When it comes to "What's Best" vs. "What's Best For Me", "What's Best For Me" usually wins. Until we change that we will continue to get the government that we deserve.

I agree that there should have been a larger response by the government, however the government's initial response was based on what BP told them (which at best could be considered a gross underestimation). When the real magnitude became apparent it was too late.

I think one big lesson here is that corporations will always act in their best interests (we should have learned this by now), especially in situations like this where damage control is priority one. We should ALWAYS assume the worst and respond accordingly. Sure, it may end up being overkill, but in situations like this it is far better to overreact at the beginning than discover later that the problem is worse than everyone thought.

Today I was just reading an article about how BP knew there were issues even further back than was currently known and yet still continued to press onward. BP should be dismantled with it's assets sold off to other companies, and everyone responsible for the chain of decisions (those who ignored the reported warnings and problems) leading up to this disaster should be imprisoned in facilities close enough to the areas affected where they can go out in prison jumpsuits to clean up the mess.

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Quoting atmoaggie:

Dare I say it? Oh, alright.

Could it be that all of the available environmental lobbying, legislation, attention, and even voter interest has been exhausted by AGW for the last 10 years all the while common sense legislation, with clear, positive results have been neglected entirely. And over sight by the environmental watch dogs has instead been getting the message out about cap and trade, of late, IPCC before that.

I have said before that since we cannot do without fossil fuels right now, we should be effectively regulating industries that lead to environmental pollution while funding alternate energy research until the time comes that we can do without crude oil.

Is this disaster a direct result? Probably not. Is it an indirect result of ALL of the think-tanks trying their level best to convince a populace and their representation that we need to arbitrarily raise the costs of maintaining our standard or living? And no one is overseeing what environmental concerns exist from drilling in deep waters without the ability to close an open well? Possibly.

You are 80% correct, as usual. You know I could never agree with you 100% atmo. LOL
There is much less lobbying on AGW than you would be led to believe. Rather, it is the lack of lobbying on the rebuilding of our infrastructure that has been neglected and the oversights on the energy industry, with which I totally agree with you. We simply cannot survive without oil at this time and that is a fact. How we control it is of vital interest to the entire world. (By the way, how is your buoy watching coming?)

Quoting kimoskee:
Hey Pottery, (or any one else who may want to answer) With no end in sight to the oil leak, should the islands start worrying about their beaches specifically Jamaica and Cayman?

their is an end in sight. its august. lol! that's forever away in this situation. but i don't think i would worry about it until it gets close and is inevitable that its going into the loop current. and i think i heard it on here that its not looking like its going to happen now. i may be wrong on that, correct me. but really maybe all should get a plan in place to fight it off if it does come your way. i would like to see a million boat owners/americans get together and circle the spill and just fight it like it was terrorist trying to invade us. that would be awesome! and when the feds or the coast guard try to stop them, they scream WOLVERINES!!! and take off into the gulf. sorry, just watched red dawn. lol! get prepared early. just in case.

hey guys I am finding somthing weired with the remnants of Agatha
#1 Most of the heaver clouds and showers are moving more eastward
#2 The strongest vort is between Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize going into the GOH
#3 the (TCFP)=Tropical cyclone formation prob is very much good in the area
#4 But the 700-850 mb Mean Wind Analysis (TC Sfc Pressure Range 1000-1010 mbs) is taking it north
#5 BUT at the 500-850 mb Mean Wind Analysis (TC Sfc Pressure Range 990-999 mbs)
it is going ENE

so any ideas the graphics as follows

Other major US-affecting offshore blowouts averaged 8,000to10,000barrels per day over 10days at Santa Barbara, and 11,000to12,000barrels per day over 295days at Ixtoc I, Gulf of Mexico.
Initial spill rate at Ixtoc I was ~30,000barrels per day.
The ExxonValdez wreck spilled ~11million gallons or ~262,000barrels in total.

Three different methodologies used by UnitedStatesGeologicalSurvey assessment teams have independently arrived at a minimum spill rate of 12,000barrels per day:
with the surface survey team coming up with 15,500plus-or-minus3500 barrels per day;
the plume-source measurement team coming up with 18,500plus-or-minus6500 barrels per day;
with the third team's study as yet incomplete and its methodology remaining unannounced.

Using the newly agreed-upon minimum rate of 12,000barrels per day, the DeepwaterHorizon spill will have released two times as much as the ExxonValdez shortly after noon on 3June2010.
Using the 17,000barrels per day average of the two released USGS studies, the DeepwaterHorizon spill will have released three times as much as the ExxonValdez before dawn on 6June2010.

In 2005, TropicalStorm Arlene reached near-hurricane strength in the Gulf of Mexico on June10th. And passed near what is now the DeepHorizon spill area before making landfall at the extreme western end of the Florida panhandle on June11th.
Comparisons with the day before TropicalStorm Arlene began spinning on 8June2005

30May2010

7Jun2005

30May2010

7Jun2005

30May2010