Bonnie

In a recent blog post entitled "Storm in the Gulf" I discussed the impact of hurricanes in general, & threat of, as of then, the unnamed system known now as Bonnie, to not only the coast, but, specifically, its effect on the Gulf oil disaster. I concluded that the combined environmental & ecological implications could be catastrophic & unprecedented.

As of 1PM CDT, July 23, 2010(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/) Tropical Storm Bonnie was headed for the center of the oil catastrophe, & will make land fall in Louisiana late Saturday night, July, 24th, or early Sunday. Hopefully, as a tropical storm, the impact will be minimal, but these conditions have not coincided in the Gulf before.

This unfortunate scenario has been a topic of conversation & scientific discussion since the Deepwater Horizon Well exploded, sank & ruptured on April 20th.

No predictions of the impending oil & wind collision's result can be made by me, however I feel as most people probably do, that it cannot help the situation. Even if the storm were to miraculously disappear, the lost time in clean up operations could be costly, & as it is, the storm, at the very least, will disrupt those efforts even more.

A wait & see attitude is in place on my home front, I only hope that BP & the Federal & State Governments are working feverishly on plan A. Plans B & C might be too little too late, & BP hasn't shown yet that it has an "A" game.