Any one else see this?

[Custom Canvas]

the Shaded area offshore is the SLICK
What are the local Reports saying?
Buffington You got any word on what's happening?
I wish the best to our brothers in the delta.

CC out

[Nauti Natured]

Man I hate to see that. I hope they contain it before the bulk of it hits shore.

[92 feet down]

This is gonna be UGLY. No two ways about it. It will take years, maybe decades, for the fertile waters of the Gulf to recover.

[WAHOONBOX]

WE ARE FIGHTING THE LABADOR CURRENT IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTAIN THE CRUDE IN DA GULF

WHEN THEY GET DONE IN THE GULF I HOPE THEY WILL ALSO CONTAIN THE COLD WATER HERE AND SEND IT BACK TO MAINE...OR WHEREVER IT CAME FROM

[wtaylor]

Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc.
show details 9:22 AM (12 hours ago)

Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc., (ROFFS ) is sending out alerts to numerous people including legislators, emergency managers, and the fishing community to keep them abreast of the changing nature of the spill and how it might impact the environment along with their fishing or traveling to fishing grounds. Our efforts (see http://www.roffs.com/deepwaterhorizon.html) are similar to their work after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (http://www.roffs.com/katrina.htm). These satellite images and analyses are derived from NASA, NOAA, and European satellites.

We are working with other colleagues from several institutions on this effort. ROFFS has been interviewed by several newspapers and magazines for their continued monitoring of the ocean conditions related to the oil spill. This and work by colleagues from University of South Florida (http://optics.marine.usf.edu/events/GOM_rigfire/ and http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu ) and Florida Institute of Technology clearly shows the importance of ocean observations from satellites along with buoys, and modeling by non-governmental organizations. These efforts and the work by other oceanographers must be supported to allow these and similar efforts to be continued for the betterment of society.

If we can map the changing conditions it will allow others to prepare with significant advance warning for the eventual landfall of this oil. It is much better to prevent the oil from reaching the coastal zones than cleaning it up after it negatively impacts the ecosystem and substantially affects the economy. The value of a clean coastal ecosystem is tremendous for everyone.

Presently the oil spill is spreading toward Louisiana and the Florida panhandle. While the forecast winds over the next few days (April 29 - May 02) suggest that the oil will reach the Louisiana coast soon, the longer term forecast and longer term spill area projections (http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu) suggests that the oil is likely to spread throughout the Gulf of Mexico. When the oil is picked up by the Loop Current it will be transported by the Gulf Stream system to the Florida coastal zones including the Florida Keys, the east coast of Florida and many areas north. It is possible that the oil will move as far as Cape Hatteras in the Gulf Stream.

Note also that while the oil is warm underground the deeper ocean waters are relatively cold. By the time the oil reaches the surface it is cooler than the surrounding waters and we have been able to see the oil due to its cooler signature. As it warms on the surface it becomes indistinguishable from the infrared satellite imagery, but it remains observable using visible satellite data. We remind everyone that subsurface oil and byproducts also present significant problems to the environment.

View the latest alert and maps from Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc. at http://www.roffs.com/deepwaterhorizon.html).

Mitchell A. Roffer, Ph.D.
President

[Sea Draggin]

Thanks for the articles and links Winslow. Thats a good one.

[wtaylor]

No problem Jim I got that email this morning and it was very informative, looks like if it gets into the loop current it could get bad for everyone on the east coast. Hope everything down there gets straightened out.