The Hurricane-Oil Slick Story Makes the New York Times

Kenneth Chang covers the same basic ground as my Slate piece, and comes to the same conclusions. A slick is not going to slow down a storm, but a storm could fling a slick everywhere. Of course, it all depends on the particular path of the storm, etc. Granted, the story becomes more pressing now because of the failure of the "top kill" method of plugging the well. We're on to Plan C now, followed by Plan D, but if they all fail then the relief wells won't be finished (allegedly) til August. That's right when the serious part of hurricane season begins--although, again, if we're in for a mega year like 2005, then you can have an early forming Category 4 (like Dennis) in July. I'm trying to find the bright side in all of this...but I'm really not seeing it. Below, incidentally, is the track of Dennis in ...