NU Online News Service, June 1, 2:30 p.m. EDT
While the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is unlikely to affect the formation or speed of hurricanes, the direction of storms could either further harm or help efforts to keep the spill from sensitive wetlands and vacation spots, a catastrophe modeler said.
On the heels of news reports focusing on the potential implications of a hurricane strike on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig spill, Boston-based AIR Worldwide issued its own roundup and analysis.
Although the current spill is "historic in extent," AIR said, it covers only about 3 percent of the Gulf, and is therefore unlikely to cut off enough water evaporation to choke off storm formation.
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