Tropical Storm Bonnie Set To Hit Sunday…..Louisiana Declares State Of Emergency
Posted By thestatedtruth.com on July 22, 2010
* U.S. officials evaluating whether to evacuate area
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Thu Jul 22, 2010
By Kristen Hays and Anna Driver
HOUSTON, July 22 (Reuters) – BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) oil spill workers in the Gulf of Mexico prepared for a possible evacuation on Thursday as a tropical storm threatened more delays in attempts to end the environmental disaster.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Bonnie, the second named storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, was packing maximum sustained winds of 40 miles (65 kph) per hour.
It formed near the Bahamas on Thursday on a track that could take it over BP’s oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico.
Before it became a named tropical storm, U.S. officials said they would decide on Thursday night whether to unhook surface ships and evacuate the site. But the blown-out well would remain capped even if an evacuation forces a temporary halt to undersea surveillance.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who declared a state of emergency because the storm is forecast to hit the state’s coast on Sunday, said the storm could delay efforts to permanently seal the well by up to two weeks.
“Obviously that’s a concern,” Jindal said.
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More at:http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2216868220100722
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