The hurricane season is approaching. One scenario has a hurricane carrying oil saturated water onto the crop fields close to the shoreline, literally dousing the fields in oil. In addition efforts to contain the spill would be come a absurd moot point within a hurricane.
The oil is mixed into the water below the surface. The dispersants break the oil down into little globs that are suspended in the water. That of course represents a death sentence for all living creatures in that water. The food chain gets destroyed.
Finally the millions of gallons of oil in massive plumes below the surface can travel virtually anywhere throughout the oceans. This leak will show up beyond the Gulf of Mexico.
McClatchy: Top kill's failure means Gulf oil spill will only get worse
The damage to the shorelines of Gulf states such as Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida is literally only the surface of the problem: The damage to the sea floor could be extensive, and oil could also devastate marine life between the Gulf floor and its surface, as well as in coastal areas far from the leaking wellhead.
"...some 100 million gallons could be spilled by this summer."
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