Saturday, July 24, 2010
Bonnie poops out, work resumes at BP disaster site.
Tropical storm Bonnie was unable to survive the fearsome landmass of Florida and settled into a tropical depression that has allowed the ships working at the Macondo well site to start returning. The results of the storm are mixed.
On the bright side, Jane Lubchenco, the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said the storm's wave action of up to 8 feet in the northern Gulf will churn the oil, spreading what's left of the surface oil slicks and breaking tar balls up into smaller parts that will biodegrade more quickly.Back to work and hope the relief well is finished soon.
The storm was too weak to churn up any oil deep under the sea, Lubchenco said.
However, the tropical depression, with sustained winds of about 30 mph, could drive some oil into marshes and bayous and onto beaches. Its counter-clockwise rotation also could move some oil away from the coastlines.
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