yeah you know what i mean though dude
a one-off freak event like that is interesting but not important, whereas if it really is oil in normal weather then it;s well mental. Do we think that's not possible? So it's either just normal road oil or even if it's really from rain it's just a freak event?
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crab_bloke), Thu 24 Jun 2010, 10:45,
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Oil doesn't really mix with water and so won't evaporate in the same way, it should to a lesser degree I think.
But the sheer amount of oil and water and hurricane season starting mean there will be probably more of this sort of thing.
Edit: The dispersant stuff is designed to break down the oil, which could make it much easier to evaporate.
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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 10:53,
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right ok
i want to know more about what's going to happen now. is hurricane season going to dump loads of toxic shit all over the southern US then? that would be really fucked up.
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crab_bloke), Thu 24 Jun 2010, 11:00,
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I think the biggest worry is no the actual clouds but the tidal surges
It's like the lungs down on that coastline. The coastline is not a straight line but you could zoom in like a fractal and see so many crinkles. If oily water engulfs that it's like a smoker tarring up the lungs. In fact the oil could damage the wildlife/people's lungs in exactly that way too.
I'm not an expert though, just generalising.
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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 11:06,
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The background to this though is really appauling
www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10431998
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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 11:09,
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