Erst mal abwarten ob es überhaupt Florida erreicht, dann ist es noch ein langer Weg bis zur Ostküste (Miami)
Es ist ´sicher dass es Florida erreicht!! Neueste Nachrichten in den USA! Google USA. Der Govenor von Miami:
"It will be on the east coast of Florida in almost no time," Graber said. "I don't think we can prevent that. It's more of a question of when rather than if." There is growing criticism that the government and BP should have done more to stave off the disaster, which cast a pall over the fragile environment and the region's economy, still recovering from the devastation of 2005's Hurricane Katrina.
The coastguard conceded yesterday that it was nearly impossible to know how much oil has gushed since the explosion, after saying earlier it was at least 1.6m gallons (6m litres) – equivalent to about 2½ Olympic-sized swimming pools. Even at that rate, the spill should eclipse the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident as the worst US oil disaster in history in a matter of weeks.
Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer for exploration and production, said the company and federal officials
were preparing for the worst-case scenario.
He was reluctant to describe what, exactly, a worst-case scenario would look like but if the oil gets into the Gulf Stream and is carried to the beaches of Florida, it stands to be an environmental and economic disaster of epic proportions. The real threat lurked offshore in a swelling, churning slick of dense, rust-coloured oil the size of Puerto Rico. From the endless salt marshes of Louisiana to the white-sand beaches of Florida, there is uncertainty and frustration over how the crisis got to this point and what will unfold in the coming days, weeks and months.
BP has not said how much oil is beneath the Gulf seabed Deepwater Horizon was tapping, but a company official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed reports that it was tens of millions of barrels.
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