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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (73426)	5/2/2010 10:23:18 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

Shallow stuff has to be a lot more failsafe. On Land...a lot easier to fix. I am not sure why you keep saying that. The fact that this spill is in deep water has allowed them time to explore several solutions. In shallow water like where the Valdez went down, there was no time. And where oil saturates the land, the land has be scraped and the soil carted away, and new soil brought in. Not an easy process.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (73426)	5/2/2010 11:44:59 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

Thoughts on the Gulf Catastrophe dailykos.com

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (73426)	5/3/2010 6:07:34 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

Scientist Doesn't See a Way for Preventing Oil From Reaching The Florida Keys & The Eastern Seaboard By Brian Skoloff Published on Monday, May 3, 2010 by the Associated Press GULFPORT, Miss. - Scientists say the Gulf oil spill could get into the what's called the Loop Current within a day, eventually carrying oil south along the Florida coast and into the Florida Keys. Nick Shay, a physical oceanographer at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, said Monday once the oil enters the Loop Current, it likely will end up in the Keys and continue east into the Gulf Stream. Shay says the oil could affect Florida's beaches, coral reefs, fisheries and ecosystem within a week. He described the Loop Current as similar to a "conveyor belt," sweeping around the Gulf, through the Keys and right up the East Coast. Shay says he cannot think of any scenario where the oil doesn't eventually reach the Florida Keys.