Hurricane Slows Gulf Cleanup
The Miami Herald reports that a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico is hindering BP’s oil cleanup efforts.
Much of the Gulf Coast from the Mississippi Delta to Florida's Panhandle will be vulnerable to oil washing ashore and creeping inland to marshes and bays this week as booming and skimming operations likely will remain suspended through Thursday due to Hurricane Alex, federal officials said.
The storm, which is forecast to make landfall early Thursday south of the Texas-Mexico border, created seven-foot-high seas and winds between 17 and 22 knots in the northern Gulf Coast -- conditions deemed too rough for the thousands of ships protecting shorelines from tar balls and oil sheens emanating from the undersea gusher.
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